Trust me best to spend a bomb on proper storage for them rather than spending a bomb on both proper storage and replacements for damaged ones....
I switched to a coin cabinet... i gave up on the adhesive mylar 2x2s. The house is too humid for them and they sweat. I didn't like the idea of...
I once lost a third of my collection to PVC (and yes it does eat into the coins), so i known the feeling all too well. Luckily i didn't have...
Ah it was nothing! ;)
I might add that everyone's mentionned the problem of PVC and how you should definately clean if you get it. The worst one of the all in my...
It's because we haven't seen the light. Trust me a very select handful of US coin collectors i've met will refuse to even acknowledge anything...
Everything GD just said is true... i've been on the wrong end of that experiment before!
I love reading stories like this! :D Cool finds.
Yeah i know i just went over to the Silver Jar to take a look. I haven't seen one in a while. Okay i'm puzzelled as to what it is now.
Or on a Morgan come to that! What was i thinking? I've been out of the US coin scene a while.
Or a gold plated Morgan of course. But i thought it would have been a gold $1 but there's no stars on the reverse of a $1 gold though is there?
For my Henry VI Annulet issue type set (of England) i managed to pick up the halfpenny. London Mint. [IMG] And i also managed to pick...
Thankfully slabbing hasn't caught on in the rest of the world yet.
Well if i was focusing on modern coins like Mercury Dimes then i could personally not live with coins less than EF. Admittedly this grade bias...
Nah it was no dig at either of you, i just like the threads to read nice and smooth, gliding from one reply to another... :)
Somehow i don't think Stujoe would accept donations. It'd be worth a try but i can't see it happening.
Stujoe should be thanked for the incredible dedication he put into that site over the years it ran. It was very commendable.
Coinpeople was a victim of it's own success. This has happened to coin sites before now and i'm sorry to say it'll probably happen again. CP was a...
Actually i should really correct you both; "Victoria, by the grace of God, Queen of the British [possessions], Defender of the Faith and...
Well as i'm in England i find getting US coins harder! :D
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