Hey OP: I really admire what you're doing; you've found a neat, definite direction to pursue. re: your new bar; I once was inside that building...
Hitting the books at coin school I found this post on "Hitting the books at coin school" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for...
Yeah, I really like the Ike's reverse. The obverse ain't shabby.
I agree entirely with this. What a design reject! Perhaps Lady Liberty can be revived someday! I don't like SBA's lantern jaw and hatchet-eyed...
Dead spot on. We're going to suffer through dozens and dozens more of these things. Tried using a couple yesterday, and of course they were...
IMHO Stanton and the conduct of the war are more important than the completion of the building.
That would be a mistake to change the obverse. That's one of the greatest American coin designs. I suppose the mint is trying to low relief...
My unsolicited list of 20 collecting tips/comments/advice... I found this post on "My unsolicited list of 20 collecting tips/comments/advice..."...
I"m crotchety, of course, and feel the fourth design, the unfinished capitol building, lacks merit. Why? you say. Well, because very few outside...
I agree with the 09 S VDB. That's right where I'd go, at least for sentimental reasons.
:) my wife and I gave the whole, sequence the movie opening to the album thing a couple of years ago. It was a lark and a fun time! I do take...
I've got a few rolls of the formative years. I know of the discovered errors; would it behoove me to break open the rolls to check? Do the errors...
There was a pretty monthly coin bourse up the block from where I lived in Lombard, Illinois. It was held in an old church on Westmore. I must have...
It would be great to see the dime and half dollar changed. Been there long enough. Same with the nickel.
Back in the day, I used to visit a local regular coin show and a local shop. Now, with ebay, it seems you can buy whatever you want, when you...
I've just thought of the notion of collecting one specimen, of the main currency unit, of each nation. Anyone do something like this?
I don't want to take the socks off folks here, but Schaumburg ain't Chicago. It's just another suburb off an expressway. Concrete and the...
I would really love to go but my wife has me doing something else. If you're not from the area, take a couple of hours and make sure you actually...
Fabulous comemoratives! Superb.
I agree with the above comment that it's a long-term all or nothing proposition. I also agree the designs could look better. MUCH better. The...
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