The 90's were notorious for industries creating "collectibles" (baseball cards and comic books come to mind along with the Beanie Babies) and then...
If I remember correctly, the last time you posted this coin, some of the experts on that thread told you to go to, either, go to your LCS to have...
That is really cool!! I've had a fascination with Cords since I was a kid and discovered that the designer, Gordan Buerhig, was from my home town,...
I'd say to just tell her to divide them up evenly with her sibs and let them either, keep them (because they were from their mother) or spend them...
I haven't been taking pictures of my coins for very long, but I've found that letting them upload to Google and then editing them on my computer...
Entry Post Good Morning!! Working on a Franklin Half book.
I would guess that someone used this coin for jewelry and these marks were made by a bezel or something similar.
Here are my contributions. Sorry about the picture quality, these were taken for another reason than clarity!! :cool: [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Alright ladies and gentlemen! I have just returned from a visit to my LCS....after having observed the bill, in hand, the consensus is....(drum...
Places that have machines that take coins used to mark their coins because it would let them know that they paid for the game, so they aren't...
Very, very light images, but not for all the numbers. If you blow up the picture you posted it looks the same.
Yep, it makes sense. Hopefully I'll have time to take it to my LCS tis weekend. Thanks!
More research is what I did! These are the closest pics I can get with my phone, so i dont know if you'll be able to blow them up clearly enough...
The more I learn, the less I know...
Those are pretty cool!! My parents were given a 21 Morgan in a plastic "bootie" by their bank when I was born in 1960. Unfortunately, the bootie...
Sorry, didn't have anytime to do it over the weekend, I'll look with my loupe and try to take some close up pictures of the serial number area...
Should have figured that. I'll take a closer look tonight and see if there are #s there.
My question is, why would someone bleach the #s off a note? I'll break my loupe out to see if I can see the bleached out #s and let everyone know.
Thanks everyone! Real, forged or altered really doesn't matter to me. It will stay in my collection as an oddity and a conversation piece. I have...
Thanks for the welcome. Been a casual collector since the 60's, but have stepped up my game in the last 5 years. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I've been...
Separate names with a comma.