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1966 Washington Quarter - Fake or Real? (19 Mar 2008)
Is it a mistake or? Reader finds a U.S. Quarter composed of an unusual metal.

A Question About an Un-Plated Lincoln Cent (07 Mar 2007)

I found a penny (cent) dated 1991 D that should have the copper plating on it. This one seems to have the plating missing. Did I find a valuable coin?

Coin Grades in an Uncirculated Roll (08 Sep 2007)
What is the average grade of a coin in a currently dated Uncirculated Roll?

Countermarked Half Dollar (01 Feb 2008)
Countermark #6

Doubled Dies on Kennedy Half Dollar (23 Apr 2007)

For those of you who search through rolls of Half Dollar coins or for those of you who may have some Kennedy Halves in your collection, there may be more to them then meets the eye.(READ MORE)

Error Coins (06 Feb 2007)
Some coins that appear to be damaged might actually be valuable and collectible ERROR coins. While many coins are damaged outside of the mint, (Read More)

Found in rolls (05 Dec 2007)
Kennedy Half Dollars

Grading the Grading Companies (07 Feb 2007)
The Professional Numismatics Guild (PNG) and The Industry Council For Tangible Assets (ICTA) recently compiled the results of their 2006 survey. The results of this survey would be very important for coin collectors to... (Read More)

Grading Your Coins ! (06 Feb 2007)
Grading coins is a subjective thing. What does that mean? Well, grading is our way of labeling the condition of a coin so that it can be described to other collectors. (Read More)

How do I store rolls of uncirculated presidential dollars? (23 Feb 2007)
How do I store Uncirculated Rolls of Coins?

IN GOD WE TRUST ! (06 Feb 2007)
The IN GOD WE TRUST on the Peace Dollars is normal with a spelling that looks like... (Read More)

Making SENSE of CENTS! (06 Feb 2007)
In the United States, we do not mint pennies. What's that? You might ask! That's right, although they have commonly been called pennies for generations, (Read More)

Masonic Pennies (20 Apr 2007)
While searching on eBay I found a couple of pennies that had been stamped by an individual with the Masonic logo. My question(s) are: Is there a specific reason why they do this? (READ MORE)

NEW DISCOVERY! 1982 Doubled Die Reverse Lincoln Cent (12 Oct 2007)
Discovered 25 Years after it was Minted, This is an INCREDIBLE FIND!!!

Presidential Dollars...Can the Date and Edge Lettering be Upside Down? (21 Mar 2007)
When I recently opened a roll of the new George Washington dollars, I found 14 of them with the edge-incused inscriptions "E Pluribus Unum," and "In God We Trust," which could only be read with the reverse of the coin up. (Read More)

puzzle experiment (10 Apr 2008)
Jigsaw Puzzle, Crossword Puzzle and More

Should I Buy Coins From Shopping Channels? (10 Feb 2007)
Many people are curious as to whether or not coins purchased from TV's Shopping Channels are really a good value. Understanding the descriptions and "hype" that is used to sell coins on TV is critically important... (Read More)

The 1943 Penny (Cent) and Others! (07 Feb 2007)
There are some rare pennies (cents) that are struck on the wrong planchets. A planchet is the little disk of metal that is prepared to be struck into a coin. (Read More)

The Compositions of Circulating United States Coinage (05 May 2007)

Here is a list of the compositions of regular issue United States Coins!

To Clean or NOT to Clean... (06 Feb 2007)
SHOULD I CLEAN MY COINS? The short answer is NO! Collectors of most series of United States coins prefer that the coins be left in their original condition... (Read More)

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