Good. Put your wallet away and keep asking questions :) Did you go to a Coin Show this weekend?
Rule #1, ask lots of questions :) The Franklin Mint is just modifying regular ole dollar coins.
Thanks, other side of the state, I'm in Englewood :(
I would not be at all surprised if a big hoard of them was out there, Heritage sold a hoard of 448 1927-S Standing Liberty Quarters 4 or so years...
What dealer in NJ was this?
The coins they sell you will be worth face value only, any numsimatic value they have will be destroyed by the gold plating, these are now altered...
Tough call, I'm going with MS67FB, even if I think the center band is a tiny bit weak towards the right. I personally don't like the toning...
Nice find! Melt on those is $15/roll only if Silver drops to $5/oz or so.
XF40 Cleaned net VF30?
Oh, And do me a favor, PLEASE... go out and buy some books. NOW. Go to coin shows, ask questions, look at coins, read as much as you can. Do...
OK, A type set it is then :) As far as Quarter Eagle Indians go, it's the 1911-D that is far and away the valuable coin of the series. A...
Don't feel bad, he's gotten me too. I have to be a little more observant than I used to be.
I'd say that the first thing is to identify what you like and collect that assuming that you are collecting coins because you like collecting...
That isn't crazy at all, I don't personally like proofs either.
Early 30s, single. This is why I can buy coins :) What do I collect? At the moment Standing Liberty Quarters are the only high grade coins that...
Depends on the coin, clean a high grade 1889CC and it will go from $300,000 to $10,000 in the blink of an eye. Do NOT clean your coins!
Hmm... $3,000 for an XF, or about $150-175 for a slabbed MS65... decisions..decisions..
Didn't one of the slabbers recently find that some Morgan dollar variety, one that they had been slabbing as genuine, was actually fake?
This is kind of interesting as it's commonly done with stamps. However the Philatelic Foundation only will mention faults, repairs or if the item...
CAC Green slime?
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