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The frost on the proof coins has been applied to the dies by laser for several years now (not sure exactly when they started). That accounts for the grainy portraits and devices. Personally, I'm not … (View Post)

They're really a measure of participation, and peoples' reaction to that participation. (View Post)

I have a slabbed buffalo nickel that has a tiny piece of plastic loose inside the slab. Yours almost looks like a bit of something stuck to the coin that fell off somewhere along the way. (View Post)

Yes, that's all true, but the Ike dollar legislation was passed in 1970 when 40% JFKs were still being minted. It was a continuum, moving forward with the inertia of existing infrastructure and produ… (View Post)

I recall years ago when marketing materials for new coins like the Ike dollar and the Bicentennial coins were placed in banks and post offices to promote the coins to the general (non-coin collecting… (View Post)