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Sweet note, and good call going for a fractional! I think they're bargains compared to their integer denominated contemporaries. (View Post)

From the pictures, the surfaces don't look like original mint surfaces, so I would suspect some kind of plating with a magnetic metal. The weight would be significant factor. If a little over 2.5 gra… (View Post)

I agree, lumping all post-1964 US coinage into the modern category is making increasingly less sense. Maybe we should start using 1999 and the Statehood Quarters as the start of the new "modern&… (View Post)

While a coin with any wear will have a lower technical grade than a coin without wear, the higher AU grades usually have positive eye appeal, and are more attractive than the lower MS grades (which c… (View Post)

The war time alloy five cent pieces, including the 1945 issues, are 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese. This alloy tends to tone very darkly with circulation, and age. The appearance of your co… (View Post)