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Have lots of them from heavy patina to bright and shinny! Waiting on the world coin books to be delivered, they are last years but will work for my needs. These are what I pulled out of the two cups from the 60's, the shinny ones are put away and I will have to find them.

Well that cigar box of maple leaf backed pennies called my name all afternoon while trying to finish up the income taxes for us and my mother! Well after I finished the taxes, I just gave into the siren's call of the oldest date in the box. The oldest coins were two 1939's Then has anybody sorting a hoard found one decade shows up more than others? This is what I found in this cigar box hoard, A pretty nice haul beefore rolling em up and now the question becomes with the neighbors to the north taking the coppers out of circulation. Guess I should label and hold em for a while is the rest of the coins along with two wheaties

My purpose in wanting the paper work, is for letting my childern know what they are so they can give a correct description, when they go to sell them. If there is a secondary market which like most of the collectible items, not much of one! They are from the National collectors mint, Still availble from them for Under $20.00, the other thing that I thought was pretty funny. Up in the right corner of the page it has a box saying meet Barry Goldwater Jr.! With the mint phone number and his extension. Is that supposed to inspire confidence in buying from them?That he works there or owns it? http://www.nationalcollectorsmint.com/

I would have to agree with you on the chrome job, it isn't aluminum nor steel but a copper with a coating. Some joker working at a plating place probably did them as a joke.

These are strictly, from pocket change in the Detroit area of SE Mich. The biggest reason I think most are in great condition is some of the gas station and party store owners drive to Canada when the exchange rate is in the favor of more Canadian coins for the US dollar. Most are happy to slip one coin in at a time to change. I love that the Canadians change their coinage often. And have some real nice looking coins. I loved the colored inserts on the quarters, the oldest one that I can find this morning are the copper penny 1930, the silver penny 1932, and the nickle 1953. I may have some older pennies as I have a cigar box half full. Just did a quick look, and found the 1922 sitting on top of the pile waiting for me to find it!

Recently after my father died, I have started sorting through his stuff. He wasn't a coin collector like frequent here. He bought what he liked for his own reasons. The photo of 3 copies of a US coin that has a copy or serial number on each. I would like to know if they are solid one ounce silver, plated /clad etc. They have the luster as the one ounce liberty's the mint sells. but no proof mark on them. Since they were purchased for his grand children and himself. He didn't save the paperwork that came with them. I have no clue to were even to start looking? Can anybody help? Thanks

Have a couple of the MPC's (Military Payment certificates) that were used in country during Nam. Were would I look for info on them or are the considered Regular currency? Just seen the virtiual heading popped up, pretty slick!

Living in the Southeastern part of the Mitt, (Michigan for thoses that may not Know) All my life we have gotten in change Canadian coinage. It wasn't a problem till the exchange rates changed and it it dropped in value. Then the stores started posting signs @ the registers NO CANADIAN ACCEPTED! But if you didn't watch em close they had no problem slipping you some in your change! In the early 70's with the influx of foreign nationals from one geographic region buying and running gas stations and party stores. They started a scam that a lot of store keepers, soon followed They would drive over to Windsor and when it was $125.00 Cd or better for $100.00USD they would get a couple of thousand in change. Bring it back and then slipp a coin or two in with EVERYBODY's change. It got real bad when one local station would give back .97¢ Canadian , when the bill was $1.03 But I have noticed that lately, in addition to the Canadian I have gotten, copper looking coins from Bermuda, Bahamas, Mexico and a shilling coin a long with others form parts unknown. They look like cents,nickles, dimes and quaters. A quick glance when getting your change and then a dump in the pocket, I don't find out till I go thru the stash a couple of weeks later. I am wondering if any others, have noticed an up turn in the foreign money being slide in to our monetary flow.

A late 1890's Indian head cent, that I got in change glad I was sitting down when I was going thru the change!

How about some thing called pro-coin that has a grading assitant built in?

The Collector's Assistant coin software and Coin Grading Assistant New to the hobby, and wondering about this software by Carlisle, Both look great on the web sites. But was wondering if anybody uses them? And if they deliver what they claim in the descriptions. Since I am starting from no software and my experiences with other software over the years, from back in the olden days of Radio Shacks, and Timex Sinclar computers. I would like to cut out trying multiple software packages. Any observations would be helpful, thanks