I picked up another last month. TC-44118. Is there a catalog devoted to Brothel shellcards & advertising tokens? Here's the story of the...
Ah - the forums are back! Was it something I said or did that crashed them for 2 weeks?
Maybe. The wreath looks very flat at around 7:00. Possibly a struck through grease error. When you have it in hand, I'd love to see a closeup photo.
Just sent mine in for slabbing, but I think it's likely to come back in VF to EF grade. I'll share when it does. Did these actually circulate as...
"Airtight" tube's aren't. Here's how several different types of plastic look at the microscopic level (image is from a quick Google search): [ATTACH]
I'm not so sure about that. The 1 on mine doesnt appear to be tripled, and the VAM-30 lacks doubling on the lower right of the first 8. Also,...
Do any of y'all collect coins with a series of die cracks? That is, the same coin, from the same die pairing, that shows how the die cracks spread...
There are certainly some that were made in limited numbers and then mostly melted (ie; HK 1031, of which 6 of the "original 5 struck" survive......
What, no Colonials? Not even the Continental Dollar? Although, the only ones in my collection would be the 1962 restrikes (in my SCD binder). Like...
Thanks. My new Samsung S-23 Ultra at 9x zoom, with and without a 30x loupe to help focus on specifics.
I got it for the book price of an XF 1884-O, as the dealer didn't "weigh varieties". I'm not too sad about that. Do you see the VAM-11, or am I...
Doing 1 to 3 shows a month is kind of exhausting. Mostly of my bank account, but, there's fatigue too!
Picked this up at the Grapevine Show today, labeled as an "1884 O/O". Turns out, there are half a dozen o over o varieties that year, and I'm...
M-NY-625 The only acknowledged US brothel token in the Rulau catalog (unless I missed others):
What are the diagnostics on a Doubled Die Obverse 1934 Denver dollar? I cherry picked this one from a large group, but dont know what to check...
I'm a bit conflicted about this proof Jefferson nickel. The grade doesn't seem to match the details, especially on the reverse. And, for a proof,...
The lot set me back $106 for 86 tokens (including 3 So-Called Dollars with one of those being a prooflike R6). So, after doing a quick 2 parallel...
Hmm. Didn't realize I also picked up a 2nd, similar token in the same lot: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm trying to find out a little bit more about this token & place it in a historical context. It seems like the changing names of banks over time...
The reverse is blank, so better pictures aren't going to show much. The token is uniface. When I saw this, it sounded a distant bell. Didn't...
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