Gold & Silver Coin Bullion Info
One big category of coin damage we see is from staple scratches. Much of this damage comes from staples that are not completely clinched. Normal staplers leave a curl of the staple rising above the surface. This piece of staple can easily scratch adjacent coins as the coin shifts in a box or is removed or inserted from the box. Flat clinch staplers fully compress the staple into the surface of the holder leaving nothing behind to damage other coins. We like the Max HD-50DF because it is full size and uses regular staples. Max also makes half strip and palm size versions for collectors that prefer a smaller stapler. All three staplers completely clinch the staple as part of the stapling proces
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More 2008 silver dollars Information
Quarters for 10 Years to Honor National Parks
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:21:13 +0000
Legislation to create at least 56 newly designed quarters over a ten-year period is now a presidential signature away from law. America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act (H.R.6184) passed in the House of Representatives July 9, 2008 and unexpectedly made its way through the lame duck session of the Senate ...]
Numismatic News and Blog Headlines - Dec 11, 2009
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:00:23 +0000
Four numismatic articles are referenced on CoinNews every Tuesday and Thursday. These articles are not authored by us, but we recommend collectors read them for their unusual or interesting content. Here are today’s articles:
Cleaning Coins Which Have PVC Residue
By Susan Headley, About.com: Coins
PVC damage on coins is caused by the breakdown of the ...]
Is Collecting by Date a Thing of the Past?
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:19:43 +0000
By Doug Winter - www.RareGoldCoins.com
Is the age of collecting by date or variety over? Have coins become so expensive and collecting so complex that it is inevitable that new collectors will focus solely on type coins? As a dealer who sells rare gold coins to both highly specialized date collectors and to sophisticated type collectors ...]
Unique Items: 1807 Draped Bust Half Dollar, SP65
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:08:22 +0000
1807 50C Specimen 65 PCGS. O-109, unique as a specimen strike.
The superb, talented engraver Joseph Wright, designer of the Liberty Cap cent and half cent, was the first full-time engraver hired at the Philadelphia Mint. Tragically, he died in September 1793 during one of the annual yellow fever epidemics that killed so many early ...]
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