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THE BEST PROOF SET TO BUY
by savoncoin( 25565)
THE BEST PROOF SET TO BUY I want to you to know the best proof set to buy. All proof sets are not the same Most proof sets from 1968 to 2006 are not good deals. I found one proof that is a good deal BUY 1991...
Tags: proof sets | u.s. coins | numismatics | mint sets | coin collecting
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Can you explain the 'Burnishing' process?
by savoncoin( 25565)
Burnishing is a process by which the surfaces of a planchet or a coin are made to shine through rubbing or polishing. This term is used in two contexts – one positive, one negative. In a positive sense, Proof...
Tags: burnished dollar | dollar | coin collecting | rare coin | u.s. mint
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What is 'Bag Toning'
by savoncoin( 25565)
Bag toning is the coloring acquired from the bag in which a coin was stored. The cloth bags in which coins were transported contained sulfur and other reactive chemicals. When stored in such bags for extended...
Tags: toning | coin collecting | rare coin | numismatics | u.s. mint
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Check postage before you bid
by savoncoin( 25565)
Check postage befor you bid YES now you must check the postage on the lot you are bidding on, Befor you bid. IF you bid and than see hight Postage you are out of luck THE postage was listed. IF you want to...
Tags: proof sets | u.s. coins | numismatics | mint sets | coin collecting
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U.S. Silver coins
by savoncoin( 25565)
Many of the most popular U.S. coins were struck in silver. Silver coins were what the United States Mint mainly produced and are very popular to coin collectors. Many denominations of silver coins have been...
Tags: numismatics | coin collecting | morgan dollar | u.s. coins | u.s. mint
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Can you tell me about the Dahlonega Mint?
by savoncoin( 25565)
After the discovery of gold in the southern United States a new mint was constructed in Dahlonega, Georgia. The first coinage exited its doors in 1838 and it continued minting until it was closed due to the...
Tags: rare coin | dollar | dahlonega | coin | u.s. mint
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What is a 'Chapman Proof'?
by savoncoin( 25565)
Those 1921 Morgan dollar Proofs supposedly struck for coin dealer Henry Chapman. These have cameo devices and deeply mirrored surfaces like most Morgan dollar Proofs. (George Morgan did bill Henry Chapman for...
Tags: chapman proof | proof coin | rare coin | numismatics | coin collecting
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Only Lincoln and Sacagawea face right
by savoncoin( 25565)
The U.S. cent and Sacajawea dollar are the only coins currently minted in the United States which the profiles face to the right. All other US coins incuding the half dollar, quarter, dime, and nickel, all...
Tags: numismatics | coin collecting | sacagawea dollar | lincoln cent | u.s. coins
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BUY LINCOLN CENT NOW
by savoncoin( 25565)
BUY LINCOLN CENT NOW I think that Lincoln Cent in the next 8 to 14 months will be a lot higher than they are now. Like a lot of collectors I Started My Collecting with Lincoln Cents WHEN I Started in 1953 I...
Tags: wheat cent | lincoln cent | us coins | rare coins | numismatics
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proof coin
by savoncoin( 25565)
What exactly is a proof coin? The original meaning of a proof was a coin struck to 'prove' the dies. More recently it has come to mean a coin struck two or more times with polished dies on a planchet which...
Tags: numismatics
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