I suggest a stereoscope instead of a microscope.
There were not many 3 centers struck between 1854 and 1873 and therefore not many different dies were used to strike the coins. Which means most...
Roy wrote: "Sellers need not collect sales tax when they ship goods out of state. I would pay no California sales tax if I ordered something...
Teddy Roosevelt
High grade Trade Dollar (BU)
1908-S and 1909-S Indianhead cents are under rated. Franklin Half and Jefferson Nickel are over looked. 1936 through 1942 Lincoln and Jefferson...
The Red Book and Blue Book are good for providing collectors with ballpark values. Yes it is true some of the values are way out in right or left...
When attributing RPMs remember - S-L-O-M - (spread - location -orientation- markers). Spread - is the secondary mint mark (north, south, east,...
I don't use cotton gloves. You have to keep them clean. I use disposable food handlers gloves. The kind like the folks use at Subway when they...
Don't need makers for this one - look at the location of the Mint Mark in relation to the 5 in the date.
It appears to be RPM-002. Nice find.
There are several organizations and individuals who maintain generally accepted catalogs on coin varieties. The coin pictured in this post The...
smullen wrote: "How do they prove what you bought it for??? For example, one of the shops I buy from only takes cash and doesn't give...
I have a different take than most about coin collecting being a good investment. Coin collecting being a hobby and therefore a form of...
My thoughts are - if it were struck through a rag - the wrinkles left in the coin would be incused into the design as it would produce the effect...
I am looking at 2 wheat cents. Both are attributed as 1955-D WRPM-029. I turn the coins over to study the reverse and guess what - their reverse...
In most states - generally businesses are not breaking any laws by charging sales tax on items classified as exempt but it is illegal to charge...
The mint produces first strikes year round - being they are actually the first coins struck by a die.
Money sold to foreign banks is based on the exchange rate (trading value of the dollar) of the foreign currency received. Delivery costs may be...
It doesn't matter what the Fed pays or the Treasury charges for coinage or paper money since both are branches of the Federal Government. When you...
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