I spent a half dollar once, and the checkout girl asked me if that was one of the new dollars that were coming out. I told her to read what it...
As long as there is an interest in history, engineering, metallurgy and art, there will be a history for coin collecting.
Get some Half Dollars from the bank and see how many ask for two quarters instead so they can use them in a vending machine. It is fun to at...
I can't believe PCGS and NGC give these the thumbs up. ANACS wouldn't even do that!
I look at it that if someone brought the surface of a coin into contact with a solution or gas with the intent of causing oxidation, then that is...
That's right. An ounce of silver weighs more than an ounce of copper, but a pound of copper weighs more than a pound of silver.
I don't like to pay for grading fees either, which is whyI buy a lot of coins already graded. Voila! No grading fees.
Randy Abercrombie is a class act and a gentleman. Well done!
I don't open packages until I am sitting down, and have a soft surface for things to fall on if they roll out. Good habit that has never led me...
Is nickel. Switzerland was the first country to use nickel in their coins, and they did it quite early.
Hopefully they are marked "Made in China on the edge. And, these are cast in Zinc, not die struck.
That coin would be worth far more than even MS64 money if it had been kept in the white label slab, especially with a gold CAC bean.
China makes some attractive stuff.
Why was the lettering around the obverse done skewed?
Probably a marketing ploy so that your surviving heirs will know who to call to sell all of your coins and PMs.
Just them putting a big 'ol thumbprint on a Red Newfoundland cent. They wouldn't tell me which of their employees it belonged to and said it was...
Not damaged. I don't consider tarnish as damage. Corrosion yes. Tarnish or toning no. Not one TPG considers tarnish as Environmental Damage...
Yes indeed. William Jennings Bryan (the Cowardly Lion) was all about Free Silver to increase inflation, and help out the farmers to pay off their...
Yours is not damaged as stated, it is just tarnished. If it was pretty, it would be called toning.
If you want to focus, just buy one coin.
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