Great run of gifts this year! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Shockingly I didn't get anything numismatic related as one of my gifts...
I love that this is still going with so many familiar faces. I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus from coins as I’m working on a couple of books...
I hosted this exchange for several years and I am so happy to see that it is still going strong with so many of the same participants.
Does anyone have any antiques bronze or silver heavies from Bacchus to spare. I’m trying to complete a set for my dad for his birthday. I have...
Hello old friends. I know that you all have had many sleepless nights wondering about my whereabouts. It’s wonderful to see the Secret Santa...
Sorry, that came from Mobile, I only collect New Orleans and the metro area krewes doubloons.
Here’s a theory. Maybe they use the detail of the ribbon below the wreath as the diagnostic? On business strike coins, this detail is faint and...
I completed at three cent proof set some years ago, but unfortunately I’m not very well versed in the specific diagnostics to shed any light on...
I added a few more to the set. I like the addition of the NC-1 and NC-2 1801s, I have about a hundred from Dans set now, but these are the first...
Aluminum is harder than lead, so I would assume that the process would deform the electrotype as the pressing was made. I’m not sure though, just...
This was commonplace from my understanding, and I think that if done carefully that it wouldn’t damage the coin, but I’m sure accidents happened....
I really don't know. I offered a guy thirty bucks for this set and he went for it. I think they are typically pretty cheap, but I just don't see...
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I have been on a hunt for some of these for some time now, really ever since I missed the auction closing for a complete set of foil pressings of...
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