Very interesting. I don't see any reason to associate it with a funeral, but I suppose that could be possible.
Pix a bit dark to work with, but I think I see a 64 there. A few little peckmarks on Liberty's cheek and jawline to hold it back, but otherwise...
Serious die fatigue? I dunno. Look at those flow lines in the field. Maybe grease, too. Again, I dunno. I'm just spitballing, here.
See the giveaway on the Contests forum. (Enter over in that thread, not here, please.)
Perhaps not so strange, since I explained the rationale. We want the book to go to someone who actually wants it. While I certainly do encourage...
Kind of you, but for this particular contest, I don't think we should be entering for other folks unless they've expressed an interest in the...
LordM (& friends) Giveaway #82 (Mark Lovmo Korean Coin reference book) Contest status: CLOSED Drawing: (@H8_modern won) Shipping status: was...
I'm back from the FUN show, y'all, and it was a blast. Gimme a little more time to catch up on stuff, and we'll reveal that silver coin for Round...
Yes.
Oh, so I’m not the only one who reads that way! LOL
This right here was the magic moment, which made it all worthwhile. I never foresaw that happening when I first posted this thread. To reunite...
No, thank you.
2023 update/thread resurrection: to my knowledge, The Numismatist never ran this story, though I did some work in formatting it for publication...
If you don’t mind, here is a January 2023 thread resurrection, for anyone (particularly the newer folks) who didn’t get the chance to read this...
If you don’t mind, here is a January 2023 thread resurrection, for anyone who didn’t get the chance to read these.
If y’all found this mini-article interesting, there are several others I wrote around the same time, which could use some dusting off. On the WW1...
More importantly, yay, @BuffaloHunter! :);)
Yay, ‘Swimmer! :)
Sounds like you’ve got a keeper, there! Ladymarcovan went with me to one of the early-2000s FUN shows (‘03, maybe). Victoria, then a toddler,...
Update, January, 2023: The now-reincarnated Holey Coin Hat (v2.0, nongold) emerged from the closet shelf and went to a coin show for the first...
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