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Professional Coin Dealer since 1968. Speciality is US Gold Coins by date, but can answer questions about any US, Colonial or Territorial coin made or issued in the United States from 1650 to 1965.
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Wrote: Coin Collecting for Dummies, Investors Guide to US Coins. Please include a photograph if asking about authenticity or value by email to: nsberman@msn.com
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Recent Answers from Neil S Berman
2011-03-23 Tx qtr:
Quarters are made of a three part sandwich, nickle on the outside and copper on the inside. This coin was made with one side of the planchette missing. Errors are collected and so it does have some value
2011-03-23 US Coin Grading:
There are only two grading services that professional coin deals use, NGC and PCGS, and using another service is basically a waste of time. It costs about $13.00 plus postage to grade a coin. Unless you
2011-01-22 1974d steel penny:
If the coin is steel it is a planchette error and it is legal for you to own. If it is aluminum, that it is illegal to own, but with that said, it is valuable and there is a market for it. For additional
2010-11-19 shot shell pennies:
Type I 1909-1942 Bronze .950 copper, .050 tin and zinc Type II 1943 Zinc Steel, Zinc coated Type Ib 1944-1946 Bronze Cartridge Cases .950 copper, .050 zinc Type Ic 1947-1958 Bronze .950
2010-10-03 1707 penny:
What do you mean "this coin can not exist?" Anything can exist, as you see in your hand. It can be a genuine coin with an altered date. It can be a counterfeit coin with a correct date and it might not
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