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Proof, Business or Special?

It’s all in the strike.

Well,

Do you have a 1975 No S Proof dime?

Recently the news was ablaze with a recent

We often get online inquiries about coins people find that they think are mint errors. So, we thought

Buffalos: Is it a type 1 or type 2?

Have you ever noticed that it is mostly in the first year

Recently I had a batch of unopened 1981-S Proof Sets come into the office.  As you know the type

Every once in a while you get something back from a third party grading company that just makes you scratch

Are you wondering what your coins or Jewelry are worth? 

I am not sure if anyone has said this out loud yet or not, but I sure cannot shake the idea that CAC

We get this question a lot so it may be time to address this as well as we can. It is a reasonable enough

While I will not speculate why you ended up reading this article it will be enough to say that like with

Full Band, Full Steps, Full Head and Full Bell Lines…..

Something about Numismatists and the

This article took a long time to write because this is a very difficult topic to write succinctly.  But

What does an Uncirculated coin really mean?

In the world of coins, you hear the term Uncirculated

Why do we use the word cull?

Have you ever heard the word cull used in Numismatics? Whenever

What is Coin Collecting and how can we start? 

This is an overview for those that are exploring

What is the difference between bullion and Numismatics? 

We see these concepts get mixed

Ok, so what do you do if you think you have a coin that is worth a lot of money?  We get inquiries

Are you a Silver Stacker or a Gold Hog?  This one is for you….

One day you are just living

Coin Quiz! : What do these coins have in common?

Ok, so you may have called in about your old baseball cards, or maybe you had some other type of sports

“It just seems that a nickel that is 85 years old would be worth more than 50C?” Was a recent response

One of our least favorite things to tell people is that their coins are not real.   While no

It never fails.  Every week it seems we get a call from someone who is positive they found a coin