Thanks - was helpful think ill try the vice grip technique...
Simple question - I have two unopened proof sets from 1971 and 72 - they arent expensive and I want to open them to place the coins in an album....
On a related note - it seems to make sense to me to use a little soap and warm water to wash the dirt off of coins I pull out of circulation -...
My coins are protected by sharks with frikken laser beams attached to their heads....
I like your quote of finding a coin to fit into your collection. I've just started coin collecting again, and after buying rolls of low grade...
Thanks for the advice - I've been ordering mint and proof sets from the mint since about 2004 and have purchased the silver sets back to 1999, so...
I am a beginning collector and was wondering what others though of this probably quite old idea: Goal: build a date/mintmark collection of the...
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