Today, copper prices soared to near all time highs. Because of the high price of copper, you may not want to spend any pennies or nickels found in your pockets. You may want to search your couches for any extra change wedged in the cushions. Both the nickel, and certain pennies, are now worth far ...
Ask coin collectors which coin they would love to add to their collection, and you would likely receive a number of different answers. However, there is one coin that would most certainly appear on the wish lists of coin collectors who love rarities, American coin series, and Lincoln cents: the 1909 S V.D.B. Lincoln cent. ...
I don’t mean to rub it in, but can you think of how many things you can purchase with a penny today? If you dropped it on the ground and couldn’t find it, chances are it wouldn’t bother you. You would probably think to yourself, it’s only a penny, why should I waste my time ...
Having been a coin collector since 1992, I have amassed a collection containing many sorts of coins. As I can tell you from personal experience, one of the best ways to acquire modern uncirculated coins without any doubt of as to their condition is to get them in sealed packaging directly from the mint. United ...
Have you ever wanted to build your coin collection but find yourself lacking the budget to buy the high priced coins you desire? As a collector on a limited budget, I have been faced with this problem on numerous occasions. One of the ways that I have been able to build my collection is ...
In 2004, the United States Mint was offering customers a coin set which included a proof Lewis and Clark Bicentennial silver dollar and a small pouch which was sold as authentically produced by an American Indian tribe. As it turns out, according to a United States Mint press release, some of the pouches were made ...
I have been collecting coins enthusiastically since 1992 and discovered that one of the most exciting ways to collect coins is through the purchase of proof sets. What is a proof set? Proof sets are small collections of coins, packaged by the mint, which include specially produced versions of coins struck in a given year. ...
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