@goossen- Prize #1 shipped. @Mike Davis - Prize #2 shipped. Still waiting to hear from @atariguy on Prize #3. He has a month from the date of...
I interpret the scale a little differently, but since said interpretation of these very unscientific opinion polls is left up to the user, that's...
LOL. I'm glad the choice is challenging. l must be doin' something right. You have all month to think about it. I'll try to add some more...
@Bradley Trotter- thanks. Yeah, I spent a few minutes on Google Maps trying to piece that together, and also to place that 1850 photograph I...
Stuff tastes better after someone has already tried to eat it and then coughed it back up. Any dog will tell you that.
No higher praise than that. And wise of you to post that here so I'll remember you later, if I ever do sell it. I'm lousy at remembering who was...
This one does always seem to have been a crowd-pleaser, even though it isn't quite Mint State.
LOL Neither do peanut-butter-filled cow hooves, but I betcha corgis like those, huh? ;) [ATTACH] Lemme tell ya, there is nothing quite so...
Thank you. My thoughts exactly, and I also voted 9 myself. But I get how this one ain't for everyone.
With copper and CuNi coins, when you get the CircCam look, you have to be really careful not to stray over into "environmental damage" territory....
That's a pretty nice '53-O. (And I like that it's an "O".) What's the slab grade? Looks like PCGS plastic. 40?
FWIW, I think your pix are pretty decent. I can't help you on the question of a possible OMM, however. That's not my area. I can see why your...
That's a valid and unsurprising opinion that will likely be shared by many folks. To each his own. I just happen to be an enthusiast of the...
United States: Seated Liberty half dollar, No Motto type, 1861-O [ATTACH] Obverse: Seated Liberty design by Christian Gobrecht, date below....
United States: silver quarter, 1853, "Arrows & Rays" type [ATTACH] Obverse: Seated Liberty design by Christian Gobrecht, date below, flanked by...
I concur. It indeed appears to be a dryer coin.
Since @goossen won Prize #1, which is the "pick your prize" option, he chose this toned 1915 Peruvian 1/2 sol, which I acquired from @sonlarson...
I don't think there are any clearly defined boundaries. That being said, there is certainly a difference between "market acceptable" cleaning and...
Yes, it was over $50, but just a smidgen below $100, after shipping from Europe.
Market Street in Nashville, 1850; in the decade this token would have been in circulation. [ATTACH]
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