That is so cool for the person that discovered the coin. I have bought many rolls and searched thousands of coins and still no luck. I also have...
Gee thanks Cloudsweeper now you got me going. i sure do see many in the silver bins.
I having been collecting Lincoln cents for many years and last year I thought I would jump on the silver bandwagon. I thought it would be really...
I found my oldest coin ever in roll searching this morning and although it is not a U.S. coin it is still pretty amazing. One hundred and thirty...
Nice coin and yes that coin represents what coin collecting is all about art, history and the stories it holds. I understand and respect your...
You see here is where the difference lies, we have millions of collectors collecting thousands of different ways. I collect for the fun of...
I guess then we go back to my original question. What would you do with soiled coins?
That he is an honest dealer. I know for a fact that i can sell some for at least a buck each, some even more now that i look at some cleaned. Now...
Coffee can of wheats clean? Ok I just purchased a bunch of 20s-30s wheats that my dealer purchased from a guy that had them in a coffee can. I...
What is the going rate for common dates in average condition? I have someone that has a jar of them and would like to sell them to me. Really not...
I was thinking about the same lines as GDJMSP, then I thought about the melt value of them. It will not be long before copper pennies are like...
Well if it is a 1955P then I would say around 15, if it was in a OBW and you put it on E-Bay saying possible DD, alot more. Oh the D rolls are...
I also have had a hard time understanding the relationship between mintage and prices. The answer that always come up though is supply and demand,...
I have purchased water bottles full of coins before and I just seperate the coins into buckets then weigh them. The pennies with the two different...
Carl,that makes sense, good point. Just bought some more wheats today @ 3 cents each and the pile of 56D/57D/58D is growing. I am fine with them...
If I were to sell some rolls of wheats to a dealer and they were all labeled in tubes from the 40-50s, would they just offer X and not worry about...
I have set a goal of one million pennies by 2009. I roll search so wheats, junk coppers and nice Memorials are what I have been saving. I have...
Pocketchange, but remember we just had a thread the other day about those 82P clad coins. Mintage does come into play, but not always, regarding...
I just fill the rolls to the top with coins, in cents it is about 52-53 depending on the type of coin tubes.
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