I'm getting strong interest from some unusual quarters, and lots of helpful comments; working several possible venues actively, and will update...
This is not a fun read. I'm too young to remember the historic events recited in this piece of scholarly prose...but the opportunity seems to be...
Don't go away...we're just beginning to have fun with this!
I've seen that $26K teapot...maybe WorthPoint or some such. There was also a large tray, similarly costly at auction; maybe two years...
Thank you, Hontonai. No, he was within 18 days of his 98th. His last three months were more **** than anyone ought to endure. Drugs to kill...
[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] $50 obo Published in September 1940 by Japanese Mint Bureau and the Asahi Newspaper Publishing Company. It is in...
Yes, it's been awhile; my apologies to all of you who expressed continued interest in these remarkable artifacts. I am considering consigning the...
Excellent, inexpensive, Nylon-tipped SS tweezers [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH] Somewhere in this thread I spoke of these as an ideal, but...
A fine example, Sir, of the sound guidance and instruction offered on CT routinely by those who know whereof they speak...and you're high on that...
Boy, have I got a lot to learn! I have been laboring under the impression that 'toning' was a two-atom thick surface coloration due to exposure...
GOOD! I don't see how the genuine Morgan accounts for the gradual descent down the inclined face while a fake with some ferrous content allows...
I'll be there, probably Saturday but maybe Sunday. It'll be my first coin show, lookin' forward to it!
Don't want to appear uninformed, but WHAT rare earth magnet test? I unnerstand that many fake 'silver' items are magnetic (contain iron/steel) to...
I'll join in the thanks...no easy sit-down job, I'm sure. Generous of you two to step into the task...we're all grateful!
1971 Panama 150th Independence Anniversary 20 Balboas [ATTACH][ATTACH] 60.9mm; 131.5gm Not truly my latest, but mislaid for a month or so. I...
I do the same routine follow-up of everything I send (I use USPS exclusively) and as with you, if it gets odd in any way, I'm writing my customer...
You lucky devil! I'm a displaced San Diego native (P.B./La Jolla) and spent my childhood riding buses to the Zoo, and Balboa park. That was late...
I can't say anything about weight...but copper can be hardened in a variety of ways, and a harder coin will ring with a higher note than an...
If this coin were to be sent for grading, would you (all) expect it to be returned as sent; which is to say pretty dirty? Or do the TPG's have...
Thanks, Condor101: I'll continue looking for further details...and post what I find here.
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