Do you have a picture of it in the slab? The slab must be 2 inches thick!
"First Day of Issue" is completely meaningless. It indicates only the day they were sold and has nothing to do with the day they were made or the...
But they are not sent out in that order. The US Mint has repeatedly stated that they do not keep track of the order in which coins are struck...
NGC was sued in 2006 and lost, agreeing to stop using the meaningless and misleading "First Strike" designation. They replaced it with the equally...
Thursday's (November 5th) show featured a segment about coin collecting....
I personally would not be willing to spend ebay prices for these sets, but getting them from the mint for about $10 more than the mint issue price...
What something is worth is equal to what someone will pay for it. If the packaging weren't worth anything, than no one would pay more than the...
This is one set where the packaging really has some intrinsic value. It's just a beautiful presentation. Lincoln's portrait, his signature and a...
My wife doesn't understand why I collect coins. She doesn't complain, but she frequently makes fun of me. She's started to appreciate my...
[/INDENT] This guy needs medication. If this is the most polite reply, I'd love to see the rest of them.
Amazing! They don't even show pictures of what they are selling. My favorite is "THREE RARE COINS" for $15.96. Perhaps, the next time I'm in...
If we're talking about gifts here, then it's fine, and sure you could pick the best coins to go into your gift set. Selling them is another...
The larger dealers frequently sell sets (e.g. proof presidential dollars, proof state quarters, proof Lincoln cents) as "Mint plastic, no box"...
Sorry, pet peeve of mine. NGC was already sued for this, so they changed their meaningless "First Strikes" designation to the equally meaningless...
No, they are too busy showing their integrity by slapping their bogus "First Strike" and "Early Releases" stickers on 1 oz. American Buffalo coins.
There'd be room for an actual working television screen playing an episode of the show.
I have also bought them all individually (3 sets for my kids and myself). It would be unethical if the mint had planned from the beginning to...
All US Representatives and Senators have email addresses. You can easily find the email addresses on the house or senate web sites. I...
According to an editorial in Coin World by Beth Deisher (about this same topic), email is preferable to a paper letter sent through the post...
I missed it. The auction ended with no bids. If it comes up again for auction, I will bid on it.
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