You might also put some silica gel in the ziplock as well and store it in a cool temperature controlled area. Toning requires moisture to proceed...
There was a major coin shortage in the country in the early 60's. The government blamed coin collectors and the idea was that if there were no...
The first certification service was ANACS founded in 1970 and opened for business in April 1972. I did list the GSA and Paramount/Redfield slabs...
Which tells us that there are probably well less than 2 million collectors out there.
They wanted to have a press release for their new changer and had to whip up something to point to even if it wasn't really new. Haven't you seen...
All 7 pieces are fakes. Sorry.
Who would have thought sample slabs would have been a good investment back then. $5 to $81, an 1800% return on investment in 10 years. Or about...
The question as to whether or not the gold is in Fort Knox is impossible to answer. Those who think it is gone are not going to be satisfied by...
So he posts in that thread linking to this one.
I think by "a couple of bucks" he meant "It wasn't cheap." Of course it he bought it awhile back it might have been just a couple of bucks. I...
What does it weigh? If the weight is normal it may just be an internally flawed planchet, also known as a "dumb" planchet.
Foreign exchange offices don't take coins.
In 79 the government did work with the vending machine manufactures to get them to help with the acceptance of the SBA. All the machines made...
The rims look odd. I suspect it may be in a bezel. Is the center section of the coin magnetic or just around the rims?
I don't see a railroad rim, but I do see a collar clash.
Book value doesn't mean much. Go by what they are actually selling for 1999 clad set has a buy it now on ebay right now for $13. Looking at...
For a long time they did bring a nice markup over issue price. Today they are following the normal pattern for US Mint material and falling...
You are correct. If the machine is from before 1979 and the coin mechanism has never been upgraded or replaced in the past 32 years then it won't...
Thanks I was unaware that they printed any special sheets for sale as uncuts. Are far as I know ALL of the 1976 $2 uncut sheets came from stocks...
The Mints production schedule stops at Ford. It stopped at Nixon until Ford died. Apparently the mint is sticking to the language in the law...
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