I've always figured that one day New Caledonia will be the richest people on earth since their island is virtually made out of nickel. I like...
Until early in this century the mint destroyed very few clad quarters. Even now the numbers are quite low compared to production. Yes, they get...
The biggie is the '43-D. It might take time to find a buyer but these can be sold at about double melt when someone needs them. The other...
BU's have a premium and AU's of key dates have a premium right now. But otherwise these trade at a significant discount to melt. Keep in mind...
In '79 most melted coins went from coin shops to wholesalers. The dealer would give the coins a very cursory inspection and then tossed in the...
There were probably dozens or even hundreds released but most slipped unnoticed into circulation. The high attrition has eliminated most of them....
I believe there is an unreported '84-D/D but I'm not sure that's it. If I remember it's west rather than north.
Well... I've taken to calling anything before 1974 a "one cent coin" and everything after a "penny". There was no longer any value to pennies...
This coin is different I believe. It is probably pretty shiny but it is not a proof. There are some of these that left the mint shiny or it...
It is apparently a mint set coin (probably 1975). It was either culled from a batch of mint sets due to the hazing (light) or far more likely it...
'64-D Lincolns were at one time the most common but over the years millions of them have wound up in circulation. Another very common date was the...
I used to have some '65, '66, and '67 P, D, and S but I couldn't prove where they came from so I just spent most of them. I don't even remember...
I might add that the services err toward calling high grade coins "SMS'. Some of these probably are actually GemBU but they don't want a bunch of...
I wager if you mixed 500 nice '65 quarters with 500 SMS's I could usually separate them with 100% accuracy. It gets way tougher if you mix Gem BU...
I was really referring mainly to base metal coins made for circulation. these are the ones that have been soaring in price. There are lots of...
Coins never were an investment and never will be. But there are lots of coins soaring in price though they never get mentioned because they are...
I think we reached that point about 1975 except for a few highly isolated instances. No silver can circulate because it is removed almost...
There are lots of silver coins left. The FED removed them from circulation in '68/'69 and the public got the stragglers.
Thanks for this. I had thought that most of the melting going on was illegal but it looks like it's mostly just illegal for businesses to...
In 1965 they had not yet perfected bonding cu/ ni to cu. Most of the strip was produced by applying huge pressure hydraulically and then...
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