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Paper money is implicated in trade, wealth and survival across the gamut of contemporary human experience. Officially issued, bills pass from hand to hand, fueling trade and exchange, carrying transferable value. Their format and design allow portability and accumulation, imply authority and encourage social interaction and community. Currencies, as social instruments, are often bound to acceptance, credence and approval. In any culture, money talks. The Bureau of Engraving. In the political culture, not...
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U.S. Coins
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COIN COLLECTING PRICE GUIDE.
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Rare Coins
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Rare coins and other tangible assets still can out-pull the stock market in the short-run, and in the long-run, can give stability to an investment portfolio. That's the inescapable conclusion of a new examination of the key components that once comprised the annual Salomon Brothers survey of tangible assets. The Salomon Brothers survey met its demise in the 1990's, a victim of its success. The Federal Trade Commission complained that it was being misused by the unscrupulous who failed to properly di...
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Toned Coins
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A HOW DO COINS GET TONED. Knowledge of these colors and the process that coins get changed from their natural state to other states can be very useful to the collector. To an extent, a coin's value is determined by the attractiveness of it's coloration. Also, certain types of unnatural color might indicate that a coin has been cleaned or otherwise treated. Early copper coins with full original mint brilliance are more valuable than Red and Brown Un-circulated or Brown Un-circulated pieces. The more o...
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VAM Top 100
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Click here for Morgan Dollar Pricing Guide. The VAM Top 100 Morgan Dollar Varieties. The designation given to Morgan and Peace Dollar varieties listed by Leroy Van Allen and George Mallis ). Notes, Explanations and Descriptions. This variety shows spectacular doubling on the lettering at the top of the obverse, particularly R-I-B in PLURIBUS. First Morgan Dollar. Historically important as the first die variety struck on March 11,1878, the VAM 9 is Ultra-Rare in BU. Type I Obverse. What's unusual here...
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U.S. Currency
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United States Notes are also known as Legal Tender Notes because of the wording of the obligation. These notes are the 2nd earliest type and longest issued U.S. paper currency to date. The issuance of these notes stirred a great deal of Constitutional debate over the legality of notes backed only by the credit of the U.S. government. Large size U.S. Notes. Later notes in this series, as well as notes from the second and third issue carry the following obligation:. The second issue was dated August 1, 186...
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Join The ANA
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JOIN THE ANA TODAY! 3900 for one year. Click the link below to print out your Application to the ANA. Join the American Numismatic Association Today. Below are just SOME of the benefits of joining the ANA. Twelve issues of The Numismatist. Assembling the Ideal 20th-Century Type Set. $4.00 Value. Correspondence Course or video. 10x triplet loupe and lanyard. A $15.00 Value. Please use promotion code FV5. On your application to receive your ANA. FREE COIN GRADING VIDEO DVD. 818 North Cascade Avenue.
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U.S. Small Cents
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Coin History
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In ancient times, pieces of gold and silver were widely used in trade, being exchanged for other goods by weight. The weight and purity of the metal had to be tested every time it changed hands. In Asia Minor, sometime around 600. The Lydians hit upon the idea of shaping electrum, a natural alloy of gold and silver, into bean-shaped lumps of fixed weight and purity and stamping them with official symbols. By 550. COIN COLLECTING PRICE GUIDE.
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Coin Glossary
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A grading term for a coin that is so badly worn that you can barely recognize the type and date. A grading term used to describe a coin that is nearly new. Light friction, a shallow scrape, or a mark on the surface of a coin. A harsh cleaning agent that destroys the surface of a coin. A disorganized pile of coins just waiting for a numismatist s touch to turn it into a coin collection. Scratches made when a file is used to lower the weight of a planchet before striking. AGW (Actual Gold Weight). The lowe...
