Big Rewards for Budget-Wise Collectors
IT HAS been said that coin collecting started as the hobby of kings. The reason is that, in the distant past, it was only the nobility who could afford to strike special coins and medals and were usually awarded to each other. Fortunately for us, our hobby has become far more affordable of late–although there are still several major auctions of high-end coins that can make us think otherwise. For any of us who think those high end-pieces are the norm, let’s look at the other end of the price charts and see what sort of United States coinage is still attached to good prices. Let’s focus on United States silver.
20th Century Dimes
The 20th century has seen a lot of dimes minted, but only three different designs for them. Our humble Roosevelt dime goes all the way back to the time at which the man who brought us through the greatest war the world had ever seen had passed away. The Franklin Roosevelt design has remained virtually
