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Many of US collect coins that are no longer actively in production. For some that makes them even more attractive. (View Post)

They made 42.0 million dollars last year on 469.0 million in revenue. The bullion division is run nearly at cost, although overheads have increased significantly over recent years. (View Post)

It's been a while since I checked in with him. But he retired from collecting not soon after retiring from work. He said he got to the point that improvements to his collection were becoming very exp… (View Post)

A lot of that is die wear. The criss crossing lines might be gouges from hasty die refinishing before putting the worn die back into service. People call them flow lines, but I always found that term… (View Post)

Regarding 179 vs 192: I was going from memory and just misremembered the total number. I did not look it up. Thank you for the correction! Both the 1 Pfennig and 2 Pfennig are tough in MS66, even tho… (View Post)