I agree that great photos can make a difference. When I see the “LOOKIE HERE!!!” sort of come-on, I usually skip right over that listing - but...
Less than spot? APMEX’s price for generic XF-AU is currently 33.40. I agree he got a minor steal there. Now that I think of it I don’t think...
The link you cited is talking about a high grade example. Sorry to be a downer, but your coin isn’t really scarce in that condition. They sell on...
Are some of the marks in the fields actually a die clash?
I have the common 100 x .01 and I kind of like it that it isn’t trying so hard.
It looks cleaned to me too, not to mention scratched, but even in poor shape these large centavos are usually worth a little something when the...
I realized I have this date/mm in my collection, so a couple of quick photos. Hiddendragon, I hope you don't mind my combining your edge photo...
I think two obvious problems to zero in on here are the dentils (compare with any photo online) and the simplified edge design.
On the general history of U. S. coins, I recently read Neil Carothers _Fractional Money_ and felt I’d learned more from it than from my last...
That makes me feel better. My albatross is only an 8 inch dob.
I’m hardly the expert on this, but in the UK don’t they use “good very fine” to mean something like VF+?
I considered those boxes for one application, but the “flocked” interior sounded like it might be a velvety stuff that could degrade over time. (I...
OK, but I didn’t say we “need” a study - I said that if one exists it would be interesting to see the details. The mods here have referred to...
Which studies exactly? I’m not questioning the premise, but I’m sure some of us would be interested to see the data.
In the 1930s and 40s, Mexico made 5 and 10 centavo pieces with a composition of 80% Cu, 20% Ni. In hand they have a slight pinkish or copperish...
Dude, I wish my last idiot episode had only cost me $20 less the value of a decent silver half.
I have the first two volumes. For those not familiar with them, Volume 1 is a general survey while Volume 2 expands on the period since 1905. Much...
I’m in Texas and would be fine with either Kinky or Willie.
That’s not the OGP for 66 and 67?
If you make one and a half billion nickels, and reduce the cost of each one by 2 cents, the savings is “meaningless”?
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