You or anyone else, apparently. The market for this Kaiserreich stuff seems really soft, and has been for quite some time. I suppose part of the...
Wait, wait - Peter & Doug- before you ban me... I mean "Dirty Movie" literally, as in... digging in the dirt. This one is Rated G. And it's not...
The template you see was made with the PCGS TrueView image. Phil Arnold at PCGS is a master. Granted, the TrueView is a "glamor shot", and the...
@ksparrow - oh, my, that's a stunner! Thanks for posting it!
@stevex6- I'm a sucker for desert patina like that. Nice one. We can't all have gold, right? Let alone get some in exchange for dead bugs! LOL
When I visited @Aethelred in North Carolina recently, he took a loupe to this and spotted some die clashing on the reverse I'd never noticed before.
Fat. Crossed that 300-lb threshold I swore I never would. Knees ain't what they used to be. Haven't quit smoking yet, either, and it's killing...
Fun little coins. Underappreciated, I think. And they're one of the more affordable proof types from the 19th century, if you wanted a proof....
Yeah, a Pilgrim half, even a nice one, is replaceable. I was dang fond of this one, though, even though I could've bought one a point or two...
I have now transitioned all the old stuff over here now, so they all have subthreads here I can link to in the next update, so the links in the...
Guatemala, silver quarter-real, 1898 [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: Three volcanic mountain peaks, the central one smoking, sun above, date below....
I'm shipping this coin away to Greece in a couple of days. Just gave it away, can you believe that? An old friend of mine loves this coin and...
And I on one of yours. Hmmm...
It could happen...
France: silver jeton of Louis XV, "Aurora in cloud chariot", undated (ca. 1740) [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISS, bust of Louis...
Canada: gold 100-dollars proof of Elizabeth II, Canadian Unity commemorative, 1978 [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: younger draped bust of Elizabeth II...
USA: silver commemorative half dollar, Pilgrim Tercentenary, 1920 [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: William Bradford left, wearing tall hat and carrying a...
German States (Saxony) silver 3 mark proof, Battle of Leipzig centennial commemorative, 1913-E [IMG] (Slab image is in the YouTube video I shot...
1888 is just a fun date all around, for the "Crazy Eights" factor, if nothing else.
That can come and live in my Box of 20 any time you get sick of it! ;)
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