They appear to be grasping at straws and stuck fast in the morass of trying to please everyone, which usually ends up pleasing no one. I can...
I got nothing. Except for a Chrysler Concorde commercial featuring Guinea Pigs... [MEDIA]
I wonder if it was supposed to be a caricature of someone else for a joke of some sort... because it really doesn't look like Lincoln... and I'm...
Any coin with Elizabeth II has an instant "female side." That leaves a wide swath to choose from. The same could go for any coins with Liberty....
Some information in this Coin Week article. From what little I can find, it looks like the 1982 souvenir sets included zinc cents, but someone...
I hope that I'm understanding your definition of "Souvenir Set" correctly. Sorry if I'm not. I bought this Vatican set in a small coin shop in...
By "original packaging" I'm guessing they mean this: [IMG] and not this: [IMG]
Some people do get lucky, but that's similar to saying that some people get lucky with the lottery. A very few people will find treasures and the...
I have rarely found television to be a resource for accurate information.
The Copernicus coin arrived! I really like the reverse design, thanks for posting it! I also like how the edge reads: "In Medio Omnium Residet...
You can find a lot better things to do with that amount of money. Putting it in a savings account may even yield superior returns.
Back when I had my training wheels on, or did I only have one of them on, I unknowingly bought a few problem coins. Though I didn't know any...
To prove my fidelity to this thread, I here display my $1.00 Copernicus plate block that arrived today. The coin is coming, appropriately, from...
As @Bradley Trotter said, there is a "1996" on the reverse at 6 o'clock. Go to the reverse, look at the sun in the center, then look straight...
Two of my favorite world coin types: Mexican Cabalito and the Japanese Meji Dragon. This isn't the DARK side, it's the RIGHT side!!! :D [IMG]...
I was in Italy in 1997 and their mint sets were a year behind, so all that I could buy for both Italy and Vatican proof sets were 1996 sets. The...
I also use GIMP. If you have some familiarity with other photoshop-type software, you'll pick it up quickly. But if you have very little, you...
Though nothing looks off about the coin at all, grading would also help authenticate it. Most gold coins get counterfeited in droves. Though I...
The September/October issue of Archaeology contains a short article on a coin found for the Emperor Laelianus (viewable online). I used to...
Your write ups are always excellent. And they make me glad that I have reduced my coin buying considerably. I would need to really really really...
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