The old cent does appear to be very skillfully manipulated. I will offer this though.... Copper is a very soft metal and I have seen all sorts of...
Oh yeah. She’s never seen the US mint.
For me it is more a method to store wealth, although I have been quite fortunate. If I have a twenty in my pocket, I can be sure it will be gone...
You are being too conservative. The quality of coin strikes were inconsistent at best so we have to rely on the wear patterns. And both of those...
Well said….. If there were two people that I would love to sit at their coin desks with it would be @Eduard and @johnmilton ……. Both of these...
Cost effective as in the most gold for the buck? I think that would have to be modern bullion strikes. Because I am a coin collector first and...
God bless em..... I have never heard of the ACEF before. Do they have big enough teeth to do anything harsh enough to dissuade future shipments of...
That is a bummer..... There was a History Channel program not long ago about the authenticity of a deathbed photograph pf President Lincoln....
I am like @scottishmoney and had pondered the same thing in my mind. Now that I read your response, do you think it was some morbid token... The...
That will be so danged cool when they find it.
62 good years on this earth. Been collecting since I was ten.
I saw that when I visited the listing. You know, I don’t fault a fellow for working with his hands…. But geez man. Let your girlfriend hold the...
Not at all unkind. I find the offer to be more than generous.
Wish I had an answer to your question. I do not, but this is the second post I have seen on the Lakota silver rounds and I am feeling the need for...
Is this one part of your happy rediscovery the other week?… Nice dollar. I give her a 63.
Yesterday there was a thread where a fellow traded $1750.00 of junk silver for a very nice St. Gaudens. Wish I was computer savvy enough to do a link.
Sorry you had to get a time out for taking up for me @Kentucky
If my 'rithmatic is correct, that amounts to about $1750.00 spot silver. Man, you would have done well just walking out with the double eagle. I...
Looking forward to seeing the remainder of these rolls. Awesome haul, Paddy!
I believe that the reason counterfeit coins are such a booming business is because I would bet the vast majority of coin collectors are casual...
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