I thought about doing that with my 2009 Ultra High Relief Gold Double Eagle... carry it for awhile, wear it down to VF or XF, I'm sure it would be...
Yeah, they've done bronze medals for each one. Sold in 4-medal sets 2007 is sold out and I don't think 2008 is available anymore either. 2009...
That's the big reason I'd advise against carrying around anything valuable... people lose pocket change all of the time. I know people that have...
I always thought those halos around the stars like that indicated cleaning, but I guess dipping could be an explanation as well.
Just one for me, buy a set every year and I don't see anything special about the 2009 mint set for the long run...
:D That's acutally great news for me... now I can just bring in snacks to trade w/ dealers rather than having to trade my coins :p
Thanks Doug!! Hopefully I'll be able to find some cool coins and have something to report to you all after the show ;) BNB, if you go Friday,...
Sure, the downside risk is minimized since they will always be worth at least the gold melt value. But the downside risk I worry about is the...
:headbang: Well something I looked at late last night said 8-10 :D But of course I'm wrong, it's defintiely the 10-12. Sorry about the...
Ok everyone, the next big Long Beach show is next weekend!!!! September 10-12, 2009. Anyone else going?? I have to work all week so I can't...
Here's my attempt at photos... hard coin to photograph with all of that lovely color. Looks spectacular in hand though... definitely a keeper...
Looks to me like a die clash, so it would be the reverse of the coin, but upside down. So the extra leaves in the obverse cap are probably the...
Thanks for the nice comments Carl... and thanks again to everyone who voted for my thread, been in the lead for about 4 weeks now ;) Thanks!...
Just a few BU wheaties in here: [IMG]
If you want to study some high resolution images of 1913-S Barber Quarter to compare, join Heritage Auctions website and search their auction...
As you know, the 1913-S is a key date of the Barber Quarter series and is the lowest mintage quarter of the series w/ on 40,000 originally minted....
Well if you count auction catalogs, which often have better/more information than some of the books (the current Goldberg Holmes Large Cent...
Charmy, I don't think we differ at all, maybe I just didn't fully explain my thoughts above. I agree 100%, if I'm going to around/awake at...
A lot of good points there Carl. Plus, I assume that the listings have been up all week. As long as someone saw it at some point during the...
The 1909-S Lincoln is definitely a semi-key coin. 4th lowest mintage in the entire 100+ year Lincoln series and it's not cheap in any grade....
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