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Re: Clad Proof Sets
Even though the '68 set had thew 80% (on the faces) half dollar that set was a travesty to me. The '65 set was an abomination! The '71 set was just the final capitulation. My tastes, e… (View Post)1 -
Re: Silver Dropped to Under $100 - Will it continue?
The glut will disappear almost overnight when manufacturers start buying silver for future refining. The chaos in the silver market is coming to your local coin shop. Yes, there's at least a ten… (View Post)1 -
Re: It paid off to search a bag of "junk" wheat cents. It appears to actually have been unsearched!
At every point in time there is a representative sample of the coins in circulation. A bag of cents from 1925 is very different than a bag from a bag from 1975 from a bag from 2025. You can tell with… (View Post)2 -
Re: Smelters likely took a major bath Friday's silver plunge...........
Mine supply has been sky high for a century and a half. Our capacity to refine silver is based on this but there is wiggle room to refine scrap and make many products including new ones every year. T… (View Post)4 -
Re: Smelters likely took a major bath Friday's silver plunge...........
And who's going to be hurt if the price rises again? The entire financial market is being rearranged. Does it matter to note that this has profound implications to coins, the coin hobby, and eve… (View Post)1