Cool to have coins with a provenance. I have about half a dozen of the McCloskey half dimes from the auction back in Feb, 2022.
Here's my contribution: This 1853 No Arrows dime is the plate coin from Kamal Ahwash's seminal book on Liberty Seated dimes. Indeed, that is why...
Keep Coin B or keep both. Pro Coin B: IMHO, you would really have to be a huge fan of the circcam look to overlook Coin B's higher grade,...
Keep the 54-O. Despite lower grade, it's the more desirable coin from a market standpoint. Since your type set is a mid-grade collection, the...
B because of much better strike and whatever caused PCGS to give it a 64 isn't distracting. I fine A's poor strike much more distracting....
Picked up 3 of the new CACG boxes at the latest FUN show. I like the boxes just fine except for one idiosyncrasy. I found that if you insert...
I assume this comment was directed at me. If so, I can't determine what you're trying to tell me. I really don't see why I should submit it for...
Those LCC auctions almost never contain anything that interests me but when I saw this one and examined it closely, I really couldn't see why it...
I don't know much of anything on the topic of fractional currency but I couldn't resist this cute little 5 Cent piece offered at my local coin...
I gave CACG five coins for crossover at the FUN show and one for stickering. While none crossed or stickered, I did get the results within two...
Thanks for the clarification. I suspected that might be the case.
The two books previously cited are both great. I have both. But the New Jersey State Coppers, Siboni, et.al. c2013 has a new edition called the...
My bad memory, it was a Leeds & Northrup Conitel 2500 system.
Same as my experience. Last week fine, today bupkis. Probably just a temporary problem. I remember back in the early 1970s, we used a Lockheed...
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