This very same Monitor token sold for $340 in the 2010 Stacks-Bowers Baltimore sale, I believe, though through some lucky and/or strategic bidding...
On my CU forum thread about this swap, "epcjimi1" shared these pictures. "Peacock Door at the C.D.Peacock Jewelery Store at the Palmer House...
I'm saving my "Peacock moment" until I'm somewhere with better light.
Admittedly, we did go a bit astray.
The Peacock has arrived. I have not opened the package just yet.
Exactimundo.
Yikes! And of the most dangerous kind, too! :nailbiting: I'd better quit before I get myself in even hotter water, huh? ;)
I can assure you that I was more confused and concerned by last night's baffling and semi-disgusting discovery of a used rawhide dog chewie stuck...
Even in the unlikely event that the person turning the crank on the rolling machine actually noticed the date on that coin, and (even more...
Well, I say again: that's amazing. If you make another lucky find soon, you should rush out and buy a lottery ticket, because they say lucky...
Yes. This.
(Belated reply) ¡Ay, Chihuahua, H&C! You slay me with this stuff, you really do. Didn't notice that you were the author of that post. Thought,...
Yes, sadly it is a cast copy. However, as @gregarious said, if it gets you into coins, it's priceless. I've had two real ones in the past ten...
No, that's not the lowest grade. Here are the Seated dime grades on PCGS Photograde. (When you open the page, you'll see the top grades....
It got abused, that's what. Interesting "blue vision" picture in that last image.
Yes, though the "M" is not a "mint mark". It is more correctly called a designer's initial. On a similar theme, check out the tiny "D" on this...
I certainly did not see anything objectionable in my deleted discussion, or I wouldn't have posted it in the first place, obviously. The...
No. Actually it's better that the Peacock is in PCGS plastic, particularly since it has a TrueView image. The majority of my Eclectic Box is in...
You forgot to remove a quote of my deleted post. Santinidollar quoted it in Post #39.
Well, now that you mention it, I did notice what looked like some rub on the obverse, but wasn't sure if it was friction or strike weakness. I...
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