It's a tough call. When I started (in 1966), silver coins were still circulating, and money collected from paper route customers would include...
My guess would be that either someone found it when they were cleaning out Grandpa's desk drawer, or some kid decided to raid Daddy's collection.
You might want to check your dollar again-- I think it's a Robert Kennedy dollar. Anyway, as a general rule of thumb, the wider the appeal a...
I remember that seeing ads for that stuff in Coins or Coinage magazine back in the '60s-- made by the Nic-a-Lene Company. I had no idea they were...
They still make Nic-a-Date? Wow. I remember buying that stuff 40 years ago from Louisiana Coin Exchange. I used it on some dateless Buffs and...
If you think that Churchill commemorative is ugly... It's a veritable gem compared to this one
Here's a set of coins that were circulating in Japan during the waning days of the Shogunate, and for a few years after the Shogunate was ended....
You mean they DON'T work??? Waaaah! Another childhood fantasy shattered :crying:
Those exposition medals are so neat. I especially like the Pan-American Indian cent in an aluminum ring. I have an elongated cent from the...
I have a few coins with a distinct historical tie which makes them a permanent part of my collection. One of my favorites is this 1821 halfpenny...
If you have a scanner, try using that. I scan all my important coins at high resolution, and usually the results are acceptable.
I remember Johnson Smith from their Boys' Life ads in the 1960s. I believe they also sold "X-Ray specs". I was always tempted to buy a pair but...
I certainly hope your coin is genuine. But I have learned to my chagrin that even if a coin matches a known genuine specimen, it might not be...
Another thing to think about I bought my first Franklin half dollar in 1968 or 69 for the price of 85 cents from an ad in Coins magazine (before...
Yes, indeed, that is a big problem. But the gap between gold and silver seems to have been growing over the long term. Silver has lost its allure...
True, the most critical information seems to have been translated without too many errors. And if I were searching for information on, say, a...
The more I look at it, the more it doesn't look good to me. There is a weak place (lower left stars) on the obverse with no corresponding weak...
You also have to look at what the sellers are paying. How much will they give you for a silver eagle? Let's say they give you $17.00. That's...
Some of those translations lose something in the translation. For example. "Chubu International Airport opened Memorial to the 500 yen store" is...
Thanks for the laugh :thumb:
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