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Sorry about that. 2010 has been a bit of a trying year- I've not been in good health for much of it, even worse than normal. (I have some issues I really don't like to talk about much). Back when I was in school I was sick for more than a year and the doctors couldn't find what it was. Well, this isn't the same thing (I know what this is) but apparently 2010 is going to go down in my history as another year when I spend most of the year sick or at least not good. As I type this I'm hurting in more ...

One thing I don't understand about humans in general is the apparent lack of ability to "allow" different opinions. It happens in all walks of life and it would seem it happens in numismatics too.

Here are some examples:

The people who think that all modern coins are not worth collecting.

The people who think that all non-slabbed coins are not worth collecting.

The people who think that all original surface, non-toned coins have ...

I thought I would add this post to my blog as I recount my 10 oldest coins, and 5 oldest US coins, as of 10/15/09. It might be interesting to see how that changes throughout the years!

Originally Posted by Billy Kingsley

Here we go...
#1 Circa 300 BC Greek, possibly Sicily/Syracuse
(seller's pic)


#2 121-122 AD Rome, Hadrian, As. It looks a lot better in person!

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Well, I went and did something crazy. Totally out of character for me.

I joined the NGC registry.

Now, if anybody has been following my posts for the past 15 months, it should be fairly obvious that I'm not a big fan of graded coins. That hasn't, and likely won't, change. And, in fact, the only coin that I have that is graded is a coin from a company that doesn't even rate onto NGC's registry!

But...Odds are, I WILL end up with a graded coin or note at ...

Here's a topic that I've been thinking about for a while. NCLTs, or, Non-Circulating Legal Tender. For some reason, I just can't get all that interested in them. I don't really know why...they are perfectly viable options for collecting. It's not like I dislike the designs.

When I think about coins, which is often, as I have a lot of time on my hands it's not NCLT's. I'm thinking about the coins that actually circulated and it is those I want to add to my collection!
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