Interesting that this piece has the Mexico City mintmark on it. I was there a couple of years ago and the mint was advertising these in a few...
Price guides are inaccurate at the best of times, and with Franklins, you can almost throw them out. Eye appeal is really paramount in the series,...
Looks fake at a glance. If that's the real color, it might be a jeton.
Welcome to the club, so to speak! I specialize in dimes and half dimes, but have accumulations of quarters and halves as well as a type set of...
That's funny... I never knew Lincoln was a vise president...
There are certainly pluses and minuses in this case; it's by no means a slam dunk either way. The cost of the slabbing needs to be taken into...
I'm going to vote yes, and this is why. IMO, any of these are valid reasons for getting a coin slabbed: Profit potential -- if you think it's...
Got one out of the coke machine two days ago. :) But then I spend those as fast as I get them.
Teddy Roosevelt's words on the subject: "My own feeling in the matter is due to my very firm conviction that to put such a motto on coins, or to...
It's a fake doubloon.
A Lowball registry set is, as mentioned earlier, a set of coins in the worst possible grades. Some people like coins like that. Here are a...
Clubs that only do paper aren't especially common. However, you have an excellent opportunity to pass along your knowledge about MPC to the other...
Texmech, the local DFW clubs always have a plan even when we don't have a plan. :) (edited to expand) The Dallas club, for example, has...
Keep in mind also that die pair 3 does not bring the same premium that die pair 2 does.
A 1909-S VDB is easily worth $1600 in most uncirculated grades. Coin World Trends lists the coin at $1600 in AU, and based on auction results...
You win.
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Actually closer to 10. It just seems like 12 sometimes. :) We'll see what happens. I'm personally more than a bit leery of having the big show...
I saw one on a three dollar gold piece once. If that coin could talk, its story probably wouldn't be fit for this website. ;)
There were no 1921-S Peace dollars. There were lots of 1921-S Morgans. I'd be a little surprised to see a 1921 Peace dollar in one of those...
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