Afternoon off, Christmas is put away and have bought the kids fireworks so I turned on the TV and put my old dogs up. According to the TV guide,...
Doing some winter work on my old boat. While replacing the clear plastic windscreen for the second time in twenty years it occurs to me that...
My grandmother passed several months back. When I came home, I returned with grandma’s coin purse that held her small coin collection. I was...
As long as I been playing with coins I have never purchased from the mint. I will be buying the Apollo commemoratives when they become available...
I have been a vocal opponent of the TPG’s. However I do love their on line authentication service and use it regularly. If I am buying a coin on...
Jeez!!! A roll of Morgan’s dropping on the little toe with enough velocity to shatter the plastic tube translates to a busted little toe I think....
All the recent discussion about storage has me concerned about a set that is meaningful to me. This is a birth year proof set that was gifted to...
I am a hobbyist. I know my way around the coin world, but readily admit I am not an educated numismatist. So this may very well qualify as a dumb...
I often purchase rolls of cull dollars. They are easy to stack and have the added bonus of being numismatically interesting to me. Been doing so...
Spending a holiday morning reading a book to my kindergartener that he checked out of his school library about knights and castles. Was pleasantly...
Well.... As it goes. Closed up shop early today. Very out of character for me. So what to do but visit my favorite dealer..... I been telling...
I been plundering along fifty years buying coins here and there. Mostly with trusted dealers. Lately with some super guys here on CT and have...
OK.... So I been deeply steeped into US coinage almost my entire life. This ancient part of the forum has intrigued me since I joined CT. The...
I have a set of war cents that came from my grandmother’s small collection I have wondered about. What are the schematics to ID a reprocessed...
There are frequent discussions here about cracking and resubmitting coins in hopes of a better grade. Knowing that this isn’t an uncommon...
My apologies for the sorry photo. This was relegated to my safe deposit box years ago and I blew this up from an insurance inventory photo. So...
I placed a bid on Heritage Auctions. I am a digital doof. Just get that out of the way..... Only site I have ever bid on was Ebay. I place my max...
It’s a quiet afternoon so I am spending a little quality coin time. I have owned this half a long time and am just now noticing a break at the top...
Growing up in the 1960’s, I am as interested in NASA and the astronauts as I am with coins. It was known that Gus Grissom carried several dimes...
I was looking at the weekly Great Collections email today and a thought occurred to me. It is common to see high grade (MS62 and above) silver...
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