Here's one of my two humble type coins. I have to admit, I bought it only as a type coin but I've come to appreciate how unique the shield nickel,...
I find your campaign tokens fascinating, thanks for posting another (rare) one.
Or Grandad's gone and neither he nor his heirs care any more :(
1963 and doesn't appear to have circulated much. Probably liberated in the recent past by someone who didn't know or didn't care what it is.
Wow, that's unfortunate.
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This reminds me of a question I meant to ask but forgot - I assume these higher quality fakes are proper silver. Is that correct?
Nah, respectfully disagree. It's not uncommon for thieves to take a bolt cutter to a semi trailer and take whatever they find inside. I doubt...
Fortunately, I always carry a calculator on my belt. :):rolleyes: There's 453.6 grams per pound ... a wheatie weighs about 3.11 grams ... so...
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My experience is much like Randy's. My early albums were all Whitman, bought when I was a kid or young adult. When I got back into collecting...
It's quite an epidemic these days. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-really-bad-bay-seller-and-his-wares.404089/#post-24445656
I just checked out the eoosboi.com site, it was new to me. Disappointing but not surprising. Somewhat funny they used some Heritage Auction photos...
I admit I thought it was something else when I read the title of this thread ... but it was a thrill to find an S coin when I was young and it...
The most likely episode would be the one called "Bread and Circuses" which occurs on a planet where the Roman Empire never fell and still exists,...
Cool, it looks as though the sender is including six coins but I'm curious why it is on official stationary? Any background info? Here is my...
From one old car guy to another... Full throttle reverse until tach redlines stand on brakes nickel should now be in the back seat. (j/k, I...
Whack-a-mole is right. Now that they've got the slabs figured out, they can make certs by the bucket-load with whatever numbers you like. Bummer.
Good stuff, as usual. Nice circ-cam look to that Barber.:)
Sadly, anyone with a credit card can buy these on Ali Baba for a few bucks and try to hit the big time on eBay. I don't see it getting better soon.
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