I always liked the reverse on the Texas and the Obverse on the Oregon. INCREDIBLE coins~!
I have other, short numismatic articles up at Medium, just in case anyone's interested: Main Index to My Medium Pages
Thanks for your kind words. If looking for pieces that have a potential for decent resale after you've enjoyed them, go for 4292 (1959)-dated...
Thanks! Good ol' fashioned Word (mac). And copious amounts of pdfs made from Excel.
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Thanks for your kind words. If you don't read it, that's fine, just peruse this article's Appendix A. If you like coins and are interested in the...
I did a deep dive into the United States Mint's foreign coinage contracts and communications with South Korea. The U.S. Archives are awesome!...
Imagine if you had to cross a river with a pocketful of these things...
Can we all appreciate how much of a dyed-in-the-wool collector Hiddendragon is? I mean, there's a LOT of people like that here at CT, but...dang....
There is an entire file at the National Archives concerning contemporary Philippine coinage that is essentially untouched, too. Numista nor...
So Melicio Figueroa (a Filipino, correct?) designed it, but Barber modeled the plaster? How did that work? Do you know?
Yes, I remember CT as being A LOT more of a contentious forum in years past. It wasn't just moderators, it was also other users who just couldn't...
That's the way you do it... money for nuthin and the chicks for free...
Posting items with crazy prices is what legit sellers do, too. It's using eBay as a form of advertising. Everybody gets to see the item, and if...
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