Those tiny mintages (24,000) can really suck you in. I can only imagine the difficulty of assembling a VF and better set of these. The '93...
...And they are bigger than the great pyramids! My AI (copilot) suggests; "The scale is impressive enough without importing anything from space.".
Most people want blast white. It's the same with moderns. Most retailers won't send out even the most attractively toned coins because too many...
Many many bags of silver dollars were dipped in the '70's and '80's when most came out of storage. I'm told that dealers were buying dip by the...
I used to do this with things like '21-S dollars but I never gathered enough information and experience. So I moved into a field where I had no...
Sounds almost funicular. o_O
A lot of sellers have no idea that their well made coins are rare well made. Good video.
I have always told people that if they want modern sets wait and buy them on the secondary market because they are far cheaper and you can be more...
Jeesh. I should read more and post less; "In 1933, Bausch + Lomb started to honor outstanding high school science students with the Bausch+Lomb...
Wiki says; In this manner, at the end of the 19th century, the product range included eyeglasses, microscopes and binoculars, as well as...
Mine is bronze and identical. Reverse is blank. B&L made a lot of high quality lenses and scientific instruments especially for schools. Today...
I collect medals and do have one of these.
I hunt only about 75 quarter rolls a year any longer and can't remember the last time I found a pre-72 with any luster at all. I found a nice...
Silver will build a base in a wide range for a short time before resuming its torrid price increases.
The '42-D is a bear. Usually these are in AG/ G condition so a F D/ D is something very special.
There's nothing remarkable or photoworthy about the coin except its very existence and the technologically inept owner. I'm accustomed to...
...I change at Menards. It's a nice '70-D with the obverse well struck by a good di in solid AU-50. There is a very shallow inclusion near the...
Churchill was one of the greatest men of the last two centuries. If I recall correctly I had known he was sick and his death was no surprise at...
In the long run this will happen if the price remains high. In the short run What gets sent to the refiners is very random so large numbers of...
This is easy. Get rid of your junk and buy coins with a small premium. By doing this we can preserve the best as we must discard the least. Yes,...
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