I cannot post my white whale. It was a dream too far. I decided to put together a date set of Seated Half dollars but i also decided...
@BuffaloHunter . Thanks for the notification. Unfortunately I am scheduled to work a job from March20th thru the 22nd. Hope you find your coins...
I love varieties. @KBBPLL . I call things like that Easter eggs. They are hidden little differences that just make a coin more interesting to...
I always thought Brian Greer listed Breen numbers in his book but I lost my downloaded copy. James
Must be above my pay grade. I can't see anything that could not be explained by photographic variations. On the other hand I am far from a...
How is this a fake? both sets of pictures look the same to me
My advice would be to make a list of coins. Note any mintmarks. Go to the site Numismedia.. Find out if any of your dates are rarer. Get some...
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I would also like to share one other long wait coin. I got Breen's Encyclopedia of coins for Christmas in 1996/1997. At that time i put together...
This VF 25 Seated Quarter is the one i would like to share. In another post someone talked about long waits for a coin. I first decided I wanted...
I have coins that took me decades to find. I can do 5 years anytime. I am probably doing so right now. I maintain several search lists and some...
@okbustchaser . I will purchase raw coins too, but only from dealers I know and have dealt with in the past. The list is very small and I must...
It is my understanding the new cherrypickers book contains hundreds of "modern" coins. I have very little knowledge when it comes to Modern...
I have been trying to come up with a modern coin to collect. Unfortunately every time I think I have found my new passion I get derailed. (Note I...
If you took a census of my past collections you would find a tendency towards PCGS and NGC but I have also had coins in holders from 6 other...
I am going to double down. That Large Cent reminded me of my first Large cent. In 1976 my hometown held an open air Festival in the Park. To my...
@Timewarp . I assume your new house is somewhere in the East? Congrats on such a find. James
I was a paperboy in the early 1970's. I had one customer, (lived in a building with 3 other customers), but insisted I bring paper to his 4th...
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