I was a very happy and content coin collector for almost forty years living out of dealer cull buckets and the like. I am all about the history...
Get this…. I had a knee replacement shortly after the Apollo commemoratives came out and I had bought one of the gold commems….. Fresh out of...
I agree. Bullion is tied to current spot. Though personally I would give a little bump to have the Roman numeral date. I like those.
That’s how I used to bring up dates on buffaloes. Vinegar with a little peroxide. Leave it overnight and it would bring up a date but would turn...
It has that ghost white appearance of having had a vinegar soaking.
What a great concept. I got on a war nickel kick last year and put this little set together. Ended up looking right nice. [ATTACH]
Just an offhand thought. Does the mint do any sort of rinse of these coins destined to go in mint sets? I don’t know and have never given it any...
Holy crud!!! Are the Chinese selling Morgan dies now?
Heck yeah man! I bet this cartoon would go over the heads of a middle schoolers social studies learning. I loved these silly old cartoons but they...
I am with @ldhair on this one. I got lucky when I purchased gold in the late 1990's. I got very unlucky when I purchased silver in the early...
Never could warm up to these... I was overseas in the Army when these were issued. Nobody stateside wanted them so they sent them all overseas to...
Back when they had the Great American Coin Hunt, I went and deposited pieces like this at school entryways and the like. I even deposited a few in...
I loathe a crook.
Back a half century ago when I started collecting, finding a wheat cent in the wild was a magical moment. Still is, really….. I think if I would...
@Cheech9712 ….. You have my permission to use the coin as your icon.
You GO girl!
Dang. That is rather blatant. Hey Mountain Man! Good to see ya.
Well.. It's much like with the current zinc cents. Zinc deteriorates quite readily. Unless a steel cent was kept in fairly stable conditions, it...
I'll offer this. I wouldn't use wax on an undamaged coin. I agree with others that say the wax can seal in corrosive properties. For a dug piece...
Well ….. The dog won the contest. Though she never did tell me if it was genuine or not! [IMG]
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