Toning is a natural process for a metal exposed to air. Or at least the metals and alloys that are in coins. Green gunk is NOT. I know a...
BQ - he's got you hooked now! The next time he sees you getting close, he'll have his 80 year old Aunt Clauidia come in and pretend to sell all...
I have to chuckle at that comment. As a kid, I grew up in Minnesota and got lots of Canadian pennies and my dad would go fishing up there and...
Hmmm. I think I bought a similar one at a flea market while I was working in England a couple of years ago. Nice brownish brass handle and rim...
I have to agree with the general remarks. Washington quarters. And as Speedy says, they sure do look nice in AU/BU shape. I'm not sure about...
Here are a couple of things I always assumed to be true. Are they? 1. If I have a torn dollar bill, as long as I have more than half of the...
Wacky idea I had a wacky idea a couple of months ago. I ran across some of those blank dansco album pages that are marked in millimeters - so...
If you want to keep them pristine, then Intercept or air-tites. There are actually several ways to store airtights and different types of them....
What has happened to COLLECTING I can't believe the response. Who cares how much it is worth in a thousand years? As a collector, I would...
AWESOME comment Captainkirk. Give me an honestly well-worn coin any day over these fancy-dancy, cotton gloved (Oh I gotta put it in a bank vault)...
Huntsman, that's a great link you posted there - thanks! Ok, enough SAC-bashing!!! I've got the complete UNC set and all the proofs except the...
That's a big subject, so I'll just address one small area. I like "holding" my coins, but I know that can damage them. while 2x2's are very...
1. They sure made a lot of lincolns. Even the keys have mintages that wouldn't qualify them to be keys in other series. And the semi-keys are...
When I go through chainge or rolls, I'm on the lookout for high quality pre-2004 examples - I don't really look at the dates otherwise. I then...
There are tons of BU rolls on e-bay and other auction sites. Lots of obw ones too - you just have to find someone you can trust for obw to make...
Basically there ain't no "get rich quick" scheme in searching rolls. And Ryan is right - you only hear the success stories. You don't have to...
Well..... 1. If you want to keep them OBW - you have no choice - they have to stay in the paper wrapping. There are a zillion threads on this...
Since it's your grandson, you've been through the wash/rinse cycle of life, so I won't bore you!!! I dunno. My son knows the following lines...
Here's something that has always interested me. I call CoinTalk my home and I haven't seen a thread on this since joining in February. Who has...
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