The US Mint doesn't use Air-Tites brand capsules. But I think they'll still fit in the Lighthouse capsule pages. Spend some time on JP's Corner...
1) Separate the coins from the packaging. 2) Save the packaging in the event you ever try to sell these coins. (For reasons I've never fully...
When I look at the reverse of that coin, all I can think of is Foghorn Leghorn. But maybe that's just me.
If I didn't need the money, I'd keep both. They're different enough to each warrant a place in a collection. But if only one, then I'd keep the...
More importantly perhaps, why dampen a new collector's enthusiasm? Many of us got our start in this hobby by filling holes in Lincoln cent...
Only you can decide if you've done well, based on your own personal objective. It would be a huge waste of money to get them graded. Most are...
Not to the informed. As for the uninformed, isn't it their responsibility to educate themselves before going to ebay and bidding on coins?
In which case, it's NOT an exact copy. To be clear, counterfeiting is a huge problem in numismatics. The gold bullion coin you cited isn't an...
Sometimes that's true. And other times they're trying to hide something. Occasionally there are coins that are actually much nicer than what the...
Same here. Based on the seller's photos alone, I wouldn't have bid on this coin.
Do you think it came from the mint that way?
What makes it a unique variety?
Yeah, I've been known to yank a few chains myself, sometimes to a fault (my wife has often admonished me: "people don't know when you're kidding,...
I concede, Chris. You win the internet today! But allow me to repeat: My comment was a general one about nicotine contamination, and offered as...
The OP's coin is silver, which is why I didn't mention possible issues with acetone and copper/bronze. Although "frequent" might be overstating...
But it doesn't disprove it either. I've been in the homes of deceased lifelong smokers where the wallpaper is yellowed and the carpet is sticky...
Nicotine residue is an organic compound. Soak the coin in acetone to remove it. Do NOT, as someone else suggested, use a brush. Soaking alone...
This is why every raw coin I buy gets an acetone bath. There are a lot of smokers in this hobby.
Just stop buying them.
Most of the coin shops I'm aware of that maintain websites are also active on Ebay. The two sort of go hand in hand.
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