And Santa screwed that one up this year too. Apparently there are two versions. And Santa got the wrong version.
My wife just hollered at me for laughing uncontrollably in the .... ummmm.... the.... well the throne room.
That’s a great question. The most correct answer is to never ever clean a coin incorrectly. I been collecting fifty years and I have never cleaned...
Collecting is entirely a personal thing. Myself, I grew up before we had video games and don’t care a thing about them. I wouldn’t be at all...
I don't as I am not much of a jewelry guy. But I did buy this ancient from a CT member and @lordmarcovan blessed me with a bezel for it. I put...
I was in my dealers shop yesterday. Other than a few random items, his shelves were bare. He said folks are using their government checks to buy...
People like this make me see red. Coin collecting should be fun and easy for young folks to participate in. These sorts of advertisements make it...
I remember that Freedom train. As I recall in 1976, it traveled around the country and the train cars each contained a small museum of American...
A close inspection of the rim of the coin will tell the tale. The dime is silver. The cent is copper. Look for the area on the rim where the...
Better check and see that all your detectors are accounted for!!;)
Welcome to the most addictive hobby in the world! You have yourself a fine start there. Hope you will stick around and show us all your new...
I bet I know what is going on here.... I rather hate to spill the beans though.... There are outfits that anonymously create mystery adventures...
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
@johnmilton I enjoy your stories as much as I enjoy your coins.
We are all coin junkies here and would love to see a photo. Start a thread and it will get some attention.
Very cool old dime book! I keep some of those rubber fingertip things in with my coin books. The things you get from the office store when you...
Interesting damage in an odd artistic way though.
Now that truly is a very sweet pick!
I think you may have just answered a long standing question for me..... So that is where the term “slider” comes from?
What is the giveaway that this one was cleaned? I find a cleaning easy to spot on silver coins but struggle with it on gold. And I have a thought...
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