Thanks, Mat. It's one of MY favorites, too. Top Five, at the very least. And it's much more stunning in hand, when you can turn it to the light...
Yep. That's me, too. Much more recent. I don't have the stamina to record and edit four hours of detecting into a 23-minute video anymore. So...
Heyyyyyyy! Yep, that brings back some fond childhood memories. PS- I should add, however, that I apparently absorbed "Exactimundo" into my...
Well, we have a lot in common, then, aside from gender. Good thing I'm already happily married, or I might have to flirt with ya! LOL ;) So...
United States: proof copper-nickel 3-cent piece, Liberty head type, 1888 [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: Liberty head left, wearing coronet. Reverse:...
Great stuff. I like proof IHCs myself. Have only owned one, and that was years ago, but it was a beaut. So, of course is yours. Nice to see...
United States: bronze Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor" type, 1863 [IMG] (The truly wretched slab images were "borrowed" from the NGC cert...
I would comment more, but you pretty succinctly summed it up in your title. "Yowzers!", indeed! :woot::nailbiting: You are already aware of my...
Well, howdy, US Coin Folk! I'm just now getting around to transferring my "Box of 20" collection from Collectors Universe over to here. I'm not...
United States: gold 5-dollar half-eagle, Liberty Head type, 1842-D (small date) [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: Liberty head in coronet facing left....
Exactimundo! Who says the common-usage name has to make sense? LOL ;)
Great Britain: gilt copper proof halfpenny of George III, Soho Mint, 1806 [IMG] [IMG] Obverse: Draped laureate bust of George III right....
And therein lies the rub. If you're a regular person, the lesser-known term can prove confusing. If you're a scholar, and can distinguish...
Kind of hard to lose at that price! Even if it's fake, it's worth more than that as a neat jewelry piece! If it turns out to be real, I hate...
To draw a US coin comparison, they're more correctly called "Winged Liberty" dimes, but "Mercury" (sic) dime is the common usage, incorrect though...
Give me "Byzantine". "Romaion" is too much like "Roman". Yes, I know there's a reason for that, but it seems to be a tad too scholarly a...
I quite like that 1846, for a coin in the $20-ish budget range.
Me neither, at least not from a TPG. If Bill or Bob the Hometown Dealer does plus-grading on the holder of a raw coin, that's OK. But if...
@wonderwoman - is that a metal detecting action shot in your avatar? If so, share the story! That would be cool if it was. I see you are 50 and...
ROFL @paddyman98 (and Dr. Evil- if that's what they call him. I never got around to seeing those Austin Powers movies but have seen enough...
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