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johnmilton attached a file to the thread Anyone still collect spitting horses?.

There are three guys in my local club who were born in Delaware, including me. Only of them is really into Delaware stuff. I am rather...

johnmilton replied to the thread Interesting article on privy quarters.

The survival rate on the 1916-D Mercury Dime and the 1909-S-VDB Cent make those coins much scarcer than this "lottery thing." You can't...

johnmilton replied to the thread Interesting article on privy quarters.

Sorry. Modern junk, no interest.

johnmilton liked MeowtheKitty's post in the thread What did the Cat find???.

Oh, and yes Meow can now see it is a double headed eagle on the reverse now. Meow thought it was a shrub.

johnmilton replied to the thread Please Grade This 1796 Dime..

VF-35 sharpness. You might run into the cleaning issue, but the graders tend to give more leeway to early coins.

johnmilton replied to the thread An 1825 John Quincy Adams Inauguration Medal.

To continue the hijack, my grandmother had a cousin, Berdella Davis, who claimed to be related to Jefferson Davis.

johnmilton replied to the thread An 1825 John Quincy Adams Inauguration Medal.

The Adams inaugural medal did not make it to the 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens book, but there were comments about the...

johnmilton attached a file to the thread An 1825 John Quincy Adams Inauguration Medal.

Okay, let's try this version of the photo. The piece does have some tanish toning which makes it look a little brown, but it's mostly...

johnmilton replied to the thread An 1825 John Quincy Adams Inauguration Medal.

The color is whiter than it appears in the photos. I may have to go back and fool with the white balance. Some sources say a bronze...

johnmilton liked Jersey magic man's post in the thread If CoinTalk Folks Aren't The Most Generous Folks Around....

Great people just do great people things.

johnmilton liked ElishaCollectsForever's post in the thread If CoinTalk Folks Aren't The Most Generous Folks Around....

Dwhiz also sent me the new Mayflower quarter and the Bessie Coldman quarter even though I hadn't won his contest a few months ago....

johnmilton liked SensibleSal66's post in the thread If CoinTalk Folks Aren't The Most Generous Folks Around....

Awesome gift from a great-hearted soul.[ATTACH]

johnmilton liked longnine009's post in the thread If CoinTalk Folks Aren't The Most Generous Folks Around....

It really is nice to see generous people such as dwhiz. I can't do that stuff. Ain't in my genes. I even watch a Christmas Carol every...

johnmilton liked Randy Abercrombie's post in the thread If CoinTalk Folks Aren't The Most Generous Folks Around....

There have been several threads where I lamented not being able to find any sequi coins in my change....... Get to my office this...

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An 1825 John Quincy Adams Inauguration Medal

I went to a political items convention last week, the APIC National Convention which was held in Danvers, Masschusetts. There were many...

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