Information & News About United States Coins
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Marcus and he asks which grading service I use for my collection. With handful of different grading service companies out there, it can be a bit confusing on who to use. Marcus writes: I’m trying to figure out which coin grading service to use and which is the best? Which one do you use? Are they the best one? Thanks, Marcus For me, I have always used Numismatic Guaranty …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Adam who, by self admission, is a new collector. They ask an important question that I think all collectors – new or long time – should stop and think about. Do you collect for fun or do you collect for investments and future generations? Hi, I just started collecting towards the end of last year and have about 30 coins in my collection now. I’ve been collecting for fun …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Chris who asks a question a lot of us have asked over the years. Will we here in the United States ever adopt a Dollar coin to replace the Dollar bill? It is a question that has come up time and time again over the course of the past several decades and there is no simple answer. Hi, You write a lot about the dollar coins that the mint …
Today’s Mail Bag asks a question that many have been asking for years. Is the Cent going away? The short answer is no, but it is a bit more complicated than that short answer. Specifically, the question today came in from Adam. Hi, I hear rumors that the cent is going to be going away soon. Is that true? Won’t that drive up the cost to collect them? Thanks, Adam Let’s unpack the questions from …
Today’s Mail Bag question is one that has come up a few times. Is coffee safe to use to clean coins? The specific question came from Abe who asked… I have some old coins and I want to clean them. I’ve heard from a friend that I can use coffee to clean them and it won’t hurt the coin. Is that true? Thanks Abe The short answer Abe is no. An emphatic no! Coffee, like …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Aaron who asks about the mobile apps that I use related to coin collecting. I actually use just a handful and most of them I’ve written about here on the site at some level. Unfortunately, one of my favorites isn’t available any longer. Here is the question Aaron sent in using the contact form on the About page… Hi, You wrote in another mail bag article that you use …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Beth who asks about the images of coins I use here on the site. Coin images are something that I try to include in every post, particularly those about upcoming releases from the US Mint or on Today’s Deal posts. They say a picture speaks a thousand words and when it comes to coin images, that matters. Beth writes, Hi, A lot of your articles have pictures of coins …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Angel who asked a lot of questions about my own coin collection. After reading it, I realized that, while I have shared tidbits about my collection, supplies, and other things related to it, I’d never really gone into any detail. Angel writes, Hi, I want to know more about your collection. When did you start? How many coins do you have? What made you start? Do you have slabbed …
I’ll be honest, I really debated over the weekend of whether to publish this Mail Bag article. But at the end, I felt that I needed to do so. If for nothing else, to give some insight into what those of us who run sites like this one deal with on a somewhat regular basis. It is not so David can be publicly shamed (which isn’t their real name – I changed it for this …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Tim S. and it asks a question that has been debated for years. We all know that the United States Mint has produced some stunning coinage over its 200-plus year history. But it has also produced some, shall we say, less than stellar designs too. So which is the worst? What is the ugliest coin ever? Tim writes, Clinton, What is the ugliest coin ever made by the mint? …