I don’t know what the mint did differently back then, but I love how those old proofs look wet.
So how much do you pay the cleaners up your way to cut holes in all the trousers pockets?:p
Copper is a very reactive metal. Release a fresh new copper cent down my way with the heat, humidity and sweaty pockets, they turn in short order.
Calling @paddyman98 ...... This one looks like a job for you, Ed.
That's why I love it here. We have some generous members. You being one of them.
What a terrible thing for somebody to do to a 1909-S, VDB
I am an eye appeal guy and the clean 55 does it for me.
I have all the answers but you have to sell me that coin in your avatar for me to spill the beans.... :rolleyes:.... Heck, who knows what's going...
Never been too big on moderns and the few that I do keep would be a great deal more enjoyable if they were packaged similarly. I like that and no...
That is a very cool clash.
Dig this old holder.
Dave, Dave, Dave……. You open a box you have forgotten about for ten years…. You find a treasure trove that anyone on this site would be proud to...
That is a very wise statement for a new collector to make. @expat nailed it for you. There are coins struck specifically for collectors that are...
Start with soap and water…. But don’t do that with any valuable coins. If soap and water doesn’t loosen the spunge I bet acetone would…… Now watch...
Yep... One whole page is dedicated to 1976..... And four blank holes is confirmed sir!
Well... That's what I was thinking about doing. I don't have a clue about selling on Ebay. I don't care if the price is too low as long as...
I don't sell coins. Not in my DNA apparently, but as it turns out I have ended up with two complete Ike sets with proofs in Dansco's. Neither one...
There is enough detail in the eagles feathers and Lady Liberty's hair that I too would be in the AU camp.... Now here's the brutally honest...
Dude….. Every time I open the safe I find coins I forgot I had. It’s like Christmas every day for me.
Very cool! I may be off base... My resource stuff is at home.... But I am thinking that may have been the first gold minted at Denver.
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