I'm baffled by the 375,000 mintage number mentioned. I'd always heard that the mintage was in the 62,000 area.
Agreed. And my jaw dropped when I saw the 1965 MS69. Wow!
No idea, but I love seeing this medal. I live about a mile away from where the Olympia is permanently docked now as a museum.
Those mintage figures are for all coins, circulated and uncirculated. It's quite likely that the high mintages of that time discouraged many...
Just as an fyi, I was at the Philadelphia Mint this morning. Outside their gift shop, they have a change machine. If you put in a $1, you will...
Maybe a dumb question - how would you remove a coin from an album like that without leaving any marks on the surface? Can't just grab them by the...
Actually, I've been of the opposite opinion, that the 1969 changes made the cent look better. By 1968 cents had gotten to the point that the...
I aspire to find one of these. The best I've come up with so far is one 2000 Wide AM.
Geez, those are beauties!!!
Mintage 800. Since this photo, I've gotten it slabbed at ANACS at AU 53. Last time I added up the populations from the three major TPG's, I...
Both sides look high VF to me.
The other problem is that the blue book (and I think the Red Book, too) goofed on the mintage. The Mint produced mintage about 750,000 of these,...
Hate to butt in, but I did find one of these in change in 1991. Came out of the vending machine at work, XF/AU. My mouth dropped, 'cause when I...
That the Franklin Mint is trying to rip off people, I wished I could be surprised.
and "What is your favorite color?"
I believe it was in 1969 that they modified the dies so there was more detail and a slightly lower relief appearance about the cent. It also...
Looking at the Mint's stats, the 2008 circulation mintages have been lower for most 2008 coins. I have found 2008 cents and nickels, but have yet...
No, I think they're gone.
Not sure why prices would go up on these. Last Monday, I was at the Philly Mint shop and bought 2 sets for the $44.95 issue price, so if you're...
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