MrHalfDime ✭✭✭✭

I guess I would have to answer in the affirmative. Yes, I do collect half dimes. By date, by mint, by die marriage, by remarriage, by die state, and by golly any other way I can think of. Unlike many… (View Post)

Rare die marriages of the half dimes (and presumably of the other denominations, although I do not watch them) turn up on eBay often enough to warrant keeping an alert eye peeled. Just a few weeks ag… (View Post)

The 1833 LM-5/V10 Capped Bust half dime, rarest of all the CB half dimes, and heretofore represented by a mere three (3) examples (hence the R8 designation), is now an R7+, due to the appearance on e… (View Post)

You seem determined to store your coins in a cedar chest, despite the nearly unanimous recommendations against it. Cedar chests like the one you cited are better left for a bride's dowry, and no… (View Post)

I would strongly recommend against storing coins in any wooden storage container, as many woods release chemicals into the air which are detrimental to coins, as Cladiator stated. This would be parti… (View Post)