I love reading your posts. You have such a wonderful grasp of the English language..... I will offer up two very personal reasons why we haven’t...
I have put mineral oil on an ancient bronze that had that desert dried out appearance. It was a jewelry piece so I wasn’t too concerned about...
Holy smokes, Dave.... You even have gold coming out of your old unsearched boxes??
I am saying this and being entirely transparent... I am not a large cent guy..... I was immediately struck by how radically different the tip of...
He said it was his dads and his dad did own some fakes. He wasn’t referring to this one being counterfeit.... I do love the seated ladies. This...
I don't know what looks better. The gold or the cigar. Been ten years since I allowed myself a fine cigar....
I had a small purchase of about $40.00 get lost on USPS during the summer. A CT member that works for the USPS found it for me. I wasn't overly...
I haven't watched your video yet. I'm at work and have to maintain a boss-like demeanor...... I been a hoarder for a lot of years. Silver holdings...
Two things. A big part of the hobby is made up of old guys like me that grew up grading coins G thru MS. In my mind, I still want to use that old...
Holy Smokes!!
I feel your pain....
I am a completely dedicated US coin guy. I saw one of these Norfed coins here on CT and had to have one myself..... I think the US mint needs to...
Hey Shrews!!! Wow!!! I remember a thread you did a while back where your entire coin collection fit in a small dresser drawer. And look at you...
Ha!! As a young man I would dream about pretty girls and such. Now as an old man I dream of broken down cars, leaky roofs and such. Just don't...
Acetone won't help with toning. I too seem to have a batch of these things that well meaning relatives over the years have sent as gifts and the...
You have the right outlook. My Lincoln book was started about 1970. Those final holes weren't plugged until the early 2000's. And I am the sort of...
I can take next year off. I have two of them! [ATTACH]
Thread got me to thinking about my young collecting days. I managed to use my newspaper route earnings to assemble quite a stack of worn slick...
I like to keep mint sets together. It prevents accidental damage and I rather like my coins in recognizable sets whenever possible. I think if...
I love first coin stories. I have told this before. My first was a Franklin half my mother gave me to buy my lunch with at school one day. I had...
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