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'64 roosie from a coinstar reject bin.

Canadian Quarter today from 7-11. First time in a while I got any North of the Border coinage.

I am going to assume that the breaks in the luster on the reverse (buffalo's shoulder) are just scanner artifacts and say this is a 63.

Even though it is easily determined whether or not this is the BIG ONE, my heart always races for a moment or two when one of these turns up in change. I found this one in a Have A Penny/Take a Penny tray today at the local gas station. I traded for it of course.

I am still interested.

Slabbing = Marketing.

Well, ok...

Slabbing ~ Marketing.

Whatever benefits the coin capsule sought to provide at it's introduction, the monster that it has become has far dwarfed the original intent. That is ok though. That is what free market is all about. And as long as collectors (and more importantly new collectors) keep that notion in mind they can purchase quality, genuine coins, for a reasonable price.

The "High Grade" coin industry is not about collecting, it is about profit. And with zero means for regulating bodies like the ANA to enforce guidelines with respect to ethical and legal behaviour, the rare coin market remains bloodied and bruised not just to the hobbiest and hard core collector, but also to the general public on the outside looking in.

Slabs sought to make sight unseen purchases comfortable and honest. In many aspects, it has done neither.

whaaaaa... when is it my turn

Was it American SLAVE CHILD labor? Because then that would have been ok.

Cool pics BTW. I am sure V had a great first few days.

So the minting of V was outsourced to Qatar? You disgust me Stu

Are you holding your breath yet?

Is that why you turned green, holding your breath too?

Maybe it will actually get to me this time, maybe this YEAR even

1938 Jefferson in Fine from change from Panera Bread in Oakland.

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=379&h=216...npeople.com/&u=

It sure looks like when the switch to invision happened the traffic hit the tank... I suppose that lots of people had lots of bookmarks to favorite parts of the old site.

While it is not uncommon to get a Canadian Cent in change down here in Pittsburgh this is the first time I got a 1944 George VI Cent.

So long as the Federal Reserve system is a privately owned, multinational corporation wholey seperate and distinct from the Federal Government, things like the American Liberty Currency project and all the others will not only be doomed to failure, but doomed to spectacular failure. They may briefly tread water on a local level, but will always always always fail in a private bank environment.

I asked a "stupid question", let's see his well reasoned response.

Magician's Coin trying to be sold as an 11 cent piece.

I don't think the 2000S Sac has acheived the level of Mythical Coin in the numismatic world just yet

http://brokencc.com/Brokenccpics.php

Only a couple of dozen ever left the mint as demos to the congressmen on the committies involved in the process. The rest were left in the mint.

I wonder if any of them wound up in local Bordellos the way the Stellas did

Sculpter and well known insane artist, Norma Killbottom, works on her latest problem, "Shrek's Ear".

The Great Gorilla will arise out of the most sincere Banana Patch on Halloween night and deliver bananas to all the true believing Gorillas, that is why I am sitting here.

From wikipedia:

During the early 1970s the price of copper rose to a point where the penny almost contained one cent's worth of copper. This led the Mint to test alternate metals, including aluminum and bronze-clad steel. Aluminum was chosen, and over 1.5 million of these were struck and ready for public release before ultimately being rejected. About a dozen aluminum cents are believed to still be in the hands of collectors, although they are now considered illegal, and are subject to seizure by the Secret Service. One aluminum cent was donated to the Smithsonian Institution.

The price of copper later returned to profitable levels, so that the Mint would not need to change the cent's composition until 1982.

Probably PCGS and NGC did not want to touch it with a ten foot sonic welder. It does not have the glamour of the 33 Gaudens and may still be confiscated by the SS. I guess they thought it would have more downside than upside potential and with the Ohio Coin Fund scam still fresh in the mind of the public this would be an instance of "bad press".