I do know what you mean. That would be mind blowing. One is impressive enough.
It will be a miracle if the person who wins this contest actually gets their stated favorite in the collection as their giveaway prize. LOL
That escudo was just sold. Shipped it out the other day, since I now own an eight-escudos piece. In any event, the escudo would not have been...
It was only just posted when you swooped in like a hungry seagull. ;) I am in fact still editing and tweaking it.
Read the instructions, Potty.
Ain't Wikipedia fantastic? Don't feel bad. I too learned "Monitor vs. Merrimack" in school. When I was a kid, I was given a great plastic...
LordM Giveaway #71 (win a coin from my personal collection) This contest is now CLOSED. Winner was announced in Post #103. This giveaway is...
Good luck. It's all good, as long as you haven't entered the contest here already. Anyone can enter up until the time I post the results of the...
I will try to do the drawing for this contest tonight. Squeeze in your last-minute entries now, if you haven’t already entered.
I’ll try to do the drawing tonight.
That’s a cool mnemonic. Purists would insist, however, that the Confederate ship was the CSS Virginia and not the Merrimac (which was the name of...
Sal, I’m gonna assume you’ve owned a 2c piece and are thus ineligible for Prize B. Heck, knowing you, I’ll bet you’ve dug a few.
@mpl - soliciting sales or swaps is not permitted on the discussion boards. There is, however, a For Sale forum where it is allowed, once you’re...
This. It is, however, worth more than one cent. It’s an S-Mint Wheatie, after all. So it’s worth a few cents, plural.
Good to see you come out into the sunlight. :)
Here is mine, which I submitted raw. it has an unbroken pedigree going all the way back to 1909, when it was part of some original rolls saved by...
One of the nicest 2-cent pieces I’ve had was this proof. It was a sight to behold. I think it was a Cameo proof but it was graded before PCGS...
I agree! :) Here’s one of two Civil War tokens I picked up recently. [ATTACH]
New QN giveaway is up, plus my two cents' worth for qualified YNs or young-at-heart contestants... :)
Nice looking piece. I'd use acetone and a cotton swab to work on the black spots, in hope of neutralizing them, maybe, though it might not do...
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