LordM Giveaway #84 (pick your prize) Contest status: CLOSED Drawing: Post #115 (bigtime36 from Collectors Universe won) Shipping status: shipped...
Mine too. I thought about adding this to my own collection. Had it been in PCGS or NGC plastic, I would have. I really want an MS66, though....
Thank you. Fixed.
This is about to be one of the prize options in my upcoming Giveaway #84. I will add a link once the contest has been launched. Edit: Enter...
This is an attractive Walking Liberty half in an older PCI slab with the green border they used at the time to denote problem-free coins. They...
Who wants a free Hamburger? ;) This is about to be one of the prize options in my upcoming Giveaway #84. Edit: Enter the contest on this...
This is a silver 8-schilling piece from the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, struck in 1727, in the name of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. At 28...
Shipped on the 5th, so should be there relatively soon, I would think.
Time for the drawing for Round 8, which will wrap up this contest. Our lucky number was... 271. [ATTACH] And Post #271 was by... me... on...
Yay! :) Nice frosty contrast, there. I'll lock this thread down for the archives now.
I live only an hour or so’s drive from the nearest bigger cities (midway between Jacksonville, FL to the South and Savannah, GA to the North), but...
I appreciate the update! Your photos are better than mine were.
You’re not wrong. The “ping test” is indeed inadvisable, but it is something one can get away with on a more modern milled coin struck after the...
Can’t blame ‘em for trying, if they do it. The unencrusted surfaces are so nice that it would be very tempting to attempt conservation, in hopes...
Did you go to FUN? I was there. I’m confident that your coin got confirmation if you showed it to a dealer with the relevant specialty.
Exactly. That’s what this place is all about. :)
Seleucid silver. [ATTACH] Next: Seleucid again, silver or bronze, with either nice cabinet toning or attractive patina.
We’re totally in agreement on that point. [ATTACH] But what can I say; times were lean in the Recession, and a hat covered in holey gold coins...
Speaking of floor sweepers, when one of us dropped a coin under the table at the show, I had the random thought about what the actual floor...
OK, good. Thanks. I was just having difficulty understanding your “I wouldn't think an expert would just assume they appeared out of Heaven” and...
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