Very nice. A lot of history in that coin.
Years ago I found this in a jewelry store in North Carolina. I think I paid less than $100 for it and I purchased it as a birthday present for my...
Go Seawolves!!!
Evan, If you want a change of pace check out the Morse Museum in Winter Park (https://www.morsemuseum.org/). It has the finest collections of...
I apologize for the picture quality as I am still earning my spurs as a photographer. Here are two photos of native gold from my mineral...
Congratulations. Looking forward to reading the next 11,000 posts as you make your way to 50,000. Again, congratulations.
I agree, ........nah. Although it would work as gold is inert to it. Still, without having a fume hood in your workshop I wouldn't mess with it.
The enamel on these coins is fused glass so acetone would not work, however, if the piece is covered with enamel paint acetone would work just fine.
Paddy54's coins show an incredibly high level of skill on the part of the enamelist. The shading on the eagles wings of the Morgan Dollar show...
Numisnewbiest and Quant.Geek, This conversation is one of the most fascinating ones I have read on CT. Thank you for the education.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] My coin but the photo credit belongs to Stacks Bowers. NGC Description:(1355-83), Belgium PD'OR, Brabant FR-11, Jeanne &...
Gorgeous. That is one beautiful coin that anyone would proud to have in their collection. Congratulations.
I studied Latin for five years, Russian for one, and can say please, thank you, and good morning in a number of other languages, but I have no...
I'm a space collector as well as a coin collector and I agree that hammer prices are really crazy on some space items. Regarding the Armstrong...
You are a lucky man to have met a legend. I love the creativity of the Asterix comics. Last time I was in Europe, years ago, I purchased every...
I would be quite happy if I was able to have an Uderzo sketch of Dogmatix.
My condolences on your loss.
The Moon money is quite collectible and valuable. A copper Green Cheese Penny from the Armstrong family sold for $1,125 in 2019. Here's a link...
I still have a small jar of mixed pieces of scrap. Someday I'll send it off to a refiner.
In the 1970s and early 1980s I worked as a custom jeweler. I would buy palladium settings because they were about a third of the price of white...
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