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  1. johnmilton liked Sting 60's post in the thread The Collaborative "Virtual 7070" Type Set Project.

    Here is a PF66 accented hair. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

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  2. johnmilton liked RonSanderson's post in the thread The Collaborative "Virtual 7070" Type Set Project.

    Me too. Especially when the brown turns out to be a million shades of brown, blue, purple, orange, and red. It seems coppers don’t go...

    01c 1919-S #02 obverse 08.JPG Mar 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM

  3. johnmilton replied to the thread Trap Coin. 1871 Seated Liberty Half Dollar.

    Yep, holed and plugged, and not done that well.

    Mar 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM

  4. johnmilton liked Randy Abercrombie's post in the thread Trap Coin. 1871 Seated Liberty Half Dollar.

    That one was holed and repaired.

    Mar 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM

  5. johnmilton attached a file to the thread The Collaborative "Virtual 7070" Type Set Project.

    PR-67 [ATTACH] PR-68, Cam [ATTACH]

    1942 Proof Half Dol All.jpg 1961 Proof Half Dol All.jpg Mar 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM

  6. johnmilton liked l.cutler's post in the thread Bet You Don’t Have One of These.

    Nice one for sure!

    Mar 10, 2026 at 7:14 AM

  7. johnmilton attached a file to the thread United States: 1851-O silver 3-cent piece, Type 1.

    The 1851-O Silver Three Cent Piece is fairly affordable until you hit the MS-66 grade. Then they called it "finest known," and the...

    1851-O 3 Cent All.jpg Mar 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM

  8. johnmilton attached a file to the thread Bet You Don’t Have One of These.

    Here's mine. I have never gotten very deep into this series. It was one of those copper pieces that was issued during the age of the...

    Nova Const All.jpg Mar 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM

  9. johnmilton attached a file to the thread A Hard Times Token.

    The BIG veto was the one for the recharter of the Bank of the United States. It was sort of the 19th century version of the modern...

    Low 53 Unc. All.jpg HT 70 All Final.jpg Low 1a all.jpg Mar 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM

  10. johnmilton liked longnine009's post in the thread A Hard Times Token.

    Jackson survived many shooting duels. He was not a man to be messed with.

    Mar 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM

  11. johnmilton replied to the thread A blast from the past.

    Yes, silver bars were really hot in the 1970s. Some people thought that they would have a long term collector value, but most of us, who...

    Mar 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM

  12. johnmilton liked Kentucky's post in the thread A blast from the past.

    Found these today....I think I bought them when silver was around $4/oz [ATTACH]

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  13. johnmilton attached a file to the thread If you could resurrect any US coin design.....

    The Draped Bust design of the late 1790s and the early 1800s was my favorite since high school, but I would not want to see it used for...

    1805 Dime All.jpg 2007 Jefferson Unc All.jpg Mar 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM

  14. johnmilton liked ksparrow's post in the thread GTG: Another old worn out silver dollar...

    Beautiful example, John Milton. Looks like the rev is a similar die state on both coins, with the die crack through the T. I'll have...

    Mar 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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