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Just use non PVC holders and there is no need to worry. (View Post)

That's not how doubled dies work. On a doubled die, the doubling is in the die itself, when the die is made it is impressed more than once by the hub, if there is movement between impressions this ca… (View Post)

I agree with Mark, a new collector buying raw and then having them graded almost never ends well. Can you tell the difference between a coin with original surfaces and a cleaned coin? Between a light… (View Post)

I actually started collecting these by die variety once but they were mostly so similar I gave up on that. I still have a good selection of major type and date. (View Post)

Forget all about grading until you are more experienced. Every coin has to be evaluated individually by someone very knowledgable to decide. It takes a practiced eye to tell the difference between an… (View Post)