Peace Dollars arrived yesterday and appear to be perfect. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks—that's the one I've had forever. The '32, on the other hand, I just picked up this week; and I'm ISO another capped bust because I like...
But which one is she, and why? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [IMG] [IMG]
For example, those of us who are into coins or stamps know what the word "sesquicentennial" means. I doubt anyone else does. We certainly don't...
Is that a mountain lion?? Never heard of Ira Allen before. Coins are very educational.
So it got (rustles papers) an 1100?? Yeah, definitely overgraded. I can't afford that. PS: Doubtless someone's said this before, but the somewhat...
Grr! I wish I'd known! Oh well, congrats!
The hell you are! Post it now! I have things to get done around here and everything's on the back burner now.
There really ought to be a law against marking up the field right in front of Liberty. Almost anywhere else on the coin would have been less...
I've always wondered why that big ugly vertical 'security band' has to deface our c-notes like that. Is there some compelling reason why the tech...
Aside from gold and silver, exactly what "formats" would they have had available for exchanging paper notes? Pennies and nickels I guess? I...
Amazing artifact and very informative post! I wouldn't even have known it was a coin. Maybe a nugget found in a stream!
[ATTACH] This one's not bad. I see that his experiments meet with varied success. Despite the fact that the date of this coin makes the toning...
Thanks guys. I should have thought to look at his other items! Am guessing that he's experimenting with techniques, one of which may or may not...
Never heard the phrase before, and looking it up only produced the listing where I found it originally. Any ideas? [ATTACH] Pretty attractive...
Good thing we no longer have fasces on our coins! They might induce heart attacks in the Current Year. Congrats on your purchases. The Mercury...
The neat thing about the mathematics of lottery jackpots is that your chances of winning are about the same whether you play or not.
Makes sense. Now I'm glad I was only able to snag two Peace Dollars. When I got the email, I was thinking "did they mint more or did they just...
What did the Egyptians do for a medium of exchange back in their heyday? Just pieces of silver and gold which (I presume) were weighed for every...
Thanks. I'm not even an ancient-coin collector (yet) but I keep coming back to this subforum because the regulars here are so very knowledgeable,...
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