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I will never be done per say. I still roll hunt and save all my BU coins in all the series . It is a life long hobby and it's not over yet. Ya never know there is always a chance to find something a little different.

Many buy a classical minted coin thinking they can always sell it for bullion price. But then it is always worth a bit more than melt you say. Also you may fall in love with it and never sell it. If you buy a bullion coin that is it's intent. You may also fall in love with it but maybe not as much that you can't part with it .

I like buying holders other people have paid for. That way I am only paying for the coin inside the holder.

I grade my coins as I sell them ? What does that mean? If it passes the 14 ways test is it ok to sell it ? I am so confused

It happens every day. Most of us try to help when we can so that new people have a bit of a chance. I agree everyone must be there own advocate in this hobby but talking to numismatics with years of experience is a good place to start.

I have always found Denver coins to be a better strike and almost proof like many times. Even though the Denver dies for years were made at Philly they were better looking ? I think it is as Lem said Not as many of these coins are graded high and also people are looking for the DD ones. Many times it is the Denver coin that is the hard to find coin . Supply and demand is what it is and some is and some ain't.

That would be a mint set. I do not pull sets apart for books or folders I only pick roll hunted coins for that. For my collections of graded coins I buy coins other people paid to have graded it's cheaper that way.

It looks to be stained. It may have a die crack on the obverse but it is hard to tell from the photo and would not be worth a premium due to the coins condition.

Yes, I find some coins are just a mystery why they bid the way they do. I just don't get it. 67 and 68s are out there but do not show up very often

Well the wait is over I found a 2023 D nice enough for my folder of circulated nickels. These are the best of many rolls hunted

Melt + 5% at most places I have seen. Yes, But in a holder it is always more

I have been working on my westward journey nickels set. I have quite a a few MS 66 coins but for some reason the 2004 P Handshake has been a hard coin to get in my price range. I don't know why this coin always bids out way over price. Sometimes $20 to $100 over the High retail price. This is not a rare coin at 361,440,000 What is it with this being one of those coins that people just bid out on. So that's My rant for the day...... Anyway I found this very nice MS66 from a Dealer on eBay and I must say it is a good looking coin and I did not have to play the crazy bid war to get it

Yes I always look there first. That is why the Greek coin stood out so much

The new cents do not have much copper on them and they are easily effected by the environment. Most of these new shield cents are not going to survive as long as the cents of the past.

Yes It is not very common a find. I think the last generation of old time collectors are leaving there circulation finds to there family's and many are not interested in coin collecting. I live in a big retirement area so I find a lot of older change at the banks. This last roll was full of VF and F Bicentennial half's. I think this coin was most likely in a draw somewhere. It is AU and has mostly what I call tray scratches from normal handling on the fields on either side of the bust. The reverse is a close to MS in the fields due to all the raised devices.

Your Dimes don't have a P but they are from Philadelphia.

I would never buy raw coins but I see nothing wrong with buying graded coins on eBay. Most dealers have acceptable prices. Of course then there are the crazy ones.

Not a bad 40 % silver find in a roll tonight.

Anyone can ask whatever price they want to sell a item. The trick is finding a buyer to pay that price. I think many items are overpriced so I wont be buying any of those thank you.

Yes I have seen some of those red white and blue painted ASE's they are horrible and expensive. I saw one at antique store down south for $60 and said to the clerk that coins is only worth $32 brand new and now that it has all that junk on it I think it is worthless.

A stain ?

Nice research Eagle. Those coins are a mess.

Well that is kinda like asking how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop...............we may never know.

Acid Is my opinion . It may be grainy looking up close . This coin looks like a old( Coca Cola soak experiment)some of the old timers will know what I mean .Also the acid eats the coin uniformly and slow so most of the details remain but it gets smaller everywhere the edge had reeds so they will stay showing a bit but the whole rim is dissolving working toward the center.

Yes some roll against the barrel and some get caught and spin with the barrel against the coin. it is easy for a coin to flip sideways and roll with the barrel. Just throw some change into those donation tornado holes at the store and watch it roll.