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U.S. Mint Price Gouging - Susan’s Coins Blog
Sep 6 at 1:01pm
Although the U.S. Mint has been listening and communicating better this past couple of years, I think they’re getting way too greedy in their product mark-ups.
Take, for example, the Jackson First Spouse half-ounce gold coin: the Mint is selling the Proof version for $619.95. (The Uncirculated version is $20 less.) On August 28, 2008, the day the Jackson First Spouse coin went on sale, NY gold closed at $833.70 per ounce. This makes the NY spot price of a half-ounce of gold $416.85 on that day.
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Review of L&C Coins - Susan’s Coins Blog
Sep 2 at 11:11pm
In the latest entry into my series of coin dealer reviews, I made a purchase from L&C Coins. They are a major advertiser in coin collecting-related magazines, and they were suggested by a couple of readers, so I watched L&C’s ads for a few weeks until I found something I thought I’d like. L&C’s big “pitch” is that everything is priced “below wholesale.”
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NGC’s New High-Tech Coin Holder - Susan’s Coin Blog
Aug 27 at 10:10pm
One of the many interesting corporate announcements made by the big players in numismatics at the recent ANA World’s Fair of Money in Baltimore seems to have been lost among the noise. NGC has developed a new high-tech coin holder, or “slab,” which is expected to be available by the end of September. The new NGC slab, called the EdgeViewTM Holder, has five new features…
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Is Upside Down Edge Lettering an Error on Presidential Dollars? - Susan’s Coing Blog
Aug 23 at 8:08pm
Question: Is Upside Down Edge Lettering an Error on Presidential Dollars?
Presidential Dollars are the first U.S. coins to have edge lettering applied to them since the 1930s. As a result, there are a lot of questions about what is normal and what is an error. This article explains when upside down edge lettering on Presidential Dollars is an error and when it is not. (There isn’t a simple yes or no answer, unfortunately.
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Find Error Coins in Pocket Change in 8 Simple Steps - Susan’s Coin Blog
Aug 18 at 10:10pm
To me, one of the most amazing things about coin collecting as a hobby is that you don’t need a lot of special tools or equipment to get started. Sure, these things help, but anybody can begin collecting coins right out of their pocket change! 140 million Americans are collecting State Quarters, and trying to put together a complete set of one of each State Quarter type out of pocket change is tougher than you might think!
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Morgan Dollar Values - Susan’s Coin Blog
Aug 13 at 10:10pm
Morgan Dollars are a little tougher to give average values for because many dates of Morgan Dollars never circulated in large numbers. Instead, they were sold by the Treasury Department more or less directly to coin collectors.
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How to Tell if a Coin Has Been Cleaned - Susan’s Coin Blog
Aug 11 at 3:03pm
Shiny coins are so beautiful. When the coin leaves the mint after just being struck, it has a shine, or luster, that it can never recover if it is lost through circulation, or if someone cleans the coin, thereby destroying the original surface characteristics gained as a result of striking. Some of the most common FAQs I get are questions like “How do I restore the shine to my coins?” and “How can I clean my coins to make them shiny again?”
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Loonies and Toonies - Canadian Dollar Coins - Susan’s Coin Blog
Jul 24 at 10:10pm
I have just returned from a wonderful 10-day trip to Nova Scotia and the Canadian outback, and as a dedicated numismatist, I couldn’t help but observe the way that the Canadian populace dealt with their money, particularly their coins.
Canada has pretty much the same denominations that the U.S. has: Cents (that don’t buy much, and which nobody picks up off the ground just like in the U.S.,) Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, Dollars (called “Loonies” because the standard design depicts the bird called a Loon,) and Two-Dollar bi-metallic coins (called “Toonies,” apparently named in honor of the One Dollar coin of which Canadians are very fond.)
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How Can I Avoid Silver Eagle Coin Fraud and Other Fake Silver Coins? - Susan’s Coin Blog
Jul 18 at 12:12am
Question: How Can I Avoid Silver Eagle Coin Fraud and Other Fake Silver Coins?
Coin fraud is an unfortunate reality in the coin collecting marketplace, but you can avoid buying fake silver coins, and avoid coin fraud in general, by learning how to spot fake coins. We will use a fake Silver Eagle to demonstrate some easy steps to avoid buying fake coins.
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U.S. Mint’s Direct Ship Program a Wild Success! - Susan’s Coin Blog
Jul 9 at 6:06pm
On June 11, 2008, the U.S. Mint announced a new program meant to promote the circulation of Presidential Dollar coins. Customers could purchase the coins directly from the Mint at face value, in lots of $250 or $500 worth, with free shipping.
Savvy collectors quickly jumped on this amazing offer, using their 3% to 5% cash-back credit cards to make the purchases, further lowering their costs. Although you couldn’t select which Mint the coins came from, (they’re all coming from Philadelphia according to reports I’ve heard and my own experience,) they do come in wrapped rolls…
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