Yes, @Parthicus told a story better than my own intro, when it comes to an eye for detail. PS- you couldn’t have brought your neosporin ointment...
Sounds like a good day to me. Enough to put @Parthicus on the finalist list.
Plainly mad, you are arrested by the patrol and thrown into jail. They discuss sending you to the lunatic asylum but in the evening after supper,...
@Bradley Trotter is a finalist in the contest.
OK, @Bradley Trotter. Since you’re there on a Friday afternoon and not many folks are around, let’s say for the sake of argument that an employee...
Somebody help us out here- does the Mint in 1865 sell proof coins at a premium, like today, or can they be had at or near face value? Will...
I feel your pain, believe me. :watching: All right, you may borrow a period-appropriate pair of spectacles, or a looking glass (magnifier) from...
In that case, you visit the Mint, explain you’re a collector, and tell them you would like to see what you can buy for a dime. What’ll it be?...
No no, it is April 21, 1865, not 1857 (that was the date on your well worn dime). But your scenario still works. Though I don’t know how likely...
*BANG!* You have an instant and rather fatal encounter with a .69 caliber Minié bullet. Game over. Reset button. You may try again if you like.
I like it. I thought about Philadelphia and proof coins, too. Is that your choice, or are you going to the ruins of Richmond? Remember, y’all...
@Randy Abercrombie - it’s your fault for sending me down this rabbit hole of a daydream.
By all means, plan out your adventure, and join in when you're ready.
This one is on the US Coins forum, because the prize is an old US coin.
If this contest (#54) is too much work for you, Giveaway #53 is still running as of the time of this post. The drawing for that will be at...
4/19/21: The giveaway portion of this thread is now CLOSED. Winners were announced in Post #84 and Post #88. However, if you'd like to keep...
Don't do it! If your great-great-(great?)-grandpappy happens to catch a stray bullet in some shoot-em-up (which is inevitable, given people's...
I laid out a similar hypothetical "time travel barter scenario" in this old thread, which also happened to be one of my first CoinTalk giveaways....
It's a good plan. But what would be more practical than a cigarette lighter, in an age of flint and steel tinderboxes? Or a flashlight? The...
You exaggerate just a bit. ;) Per this inflation calculator, which can only be set as far back as 1800 and only takes full dollar amounts, a...
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