@beaver96 is correct. Redbook and Bluebook came to the forefront of numismatics long before we had an internet and immediate sharing of vast...
Very nice!
My first introduction to such a machine. I love the early 20th century ornate metalwork. Very cool.
Are you still discovering treasures in old unopened boxes? If so, can I come help you look through them?
I am with @lordmarcovan and would purchase the pre-33 St Gaudens. It is my favorite design and I do own one modern example, but given my...
I do wish we would take a less aggressive stance on cleaning. I get it. And yes if I have a high quality and rare piece, I am obligated to keep...
Sorta selfish of you to have two of em ain’t it?;)
Man I love Andy. I hope heaven is Mayberry..... You have to love how Andy shined up his “rare nickel” on his short sleeve.
Not all collectors are motivated to be sellers. And if those of us that are not sellers are not concerned with a return on our purchase, then why...
The Bicentennial coins were so exciting to me as a youngster. I was coin crazy and it was so exciting to see these turn up in my pocket change....
I’ll be the monkey in the woodpile. My coin collecting is driven by my love of history. I own several cleaned or otherwise damaged coins that I...
Well let me pose this from the perspective of a fellow that regrettably dropped out of school due to his youthful scorn of books..... I collected...
These two brutalized Mercs were in the last batch of junk silver I purchased. Since I purchased that last batch of silver, I cashed out a bunch to...
You can ask the dealers here on CT. I ALWAYS have my purchases sent to the office so I can sneak them into the house avoiding the wife’s scorn....
Todd... I want to throw another thought at you that makes me respect and admire your grandad even more. I want to preface this saying that I am...
I believe in twenty years you will be very glad that you came to this conclusion and I applaud you for it.
I have carried up to $600.00 of rolled changes to my bank. Their only prerequisite is that I keep an account with them. They don’t re-count the...
Funny how the world works. My grandad served in the war and ended up in the oil business in Plains Texas. I started collecting coins in Plains...
It was a “figurative” usage....
And one last request to the OP.... We tend to like to keep each other abreast of the good/questionable coin dealers. Being that we are all coin...
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