I read they were only issued when that family member was physically in the city. It was a commemorative of the visit.
Yeah, I would have envisioned them never leaving their bank bags, sitting untouched in bank vaults around the world, much like our double eagles...
I would be Thailand, Mexico, Burma. Anything past that and it would be a complete tossup and I literally have no idea what it would be. This is a...
I just love this design. Yes, its my favorite design of St Gaudens, it just speaks to me more than the $20.
Here is mine:[ATTACH] Both I got weigh the same. A regular qtr I weigh with the scale is around the 5.7 mark.
Just got one of the new 2022 design quarters in change yesterday. Might be a stupid question, but did they change the weight? It feels like a...
You let your wife know you are on Cointalk? Brave man. I don't want to have my wife even see my avatar of pics of recent purchases.....
I meant effectively. Once its no longer cost effective to mine. I understand how it works, and understand how its a logarithmic diminishing...
Yeah, that is the achilles heel I saw. Once the bitcoins have all been "mined", what incentive is there for anyone to support the network any...
I have actually bought 4 or 5 of my dream coins the last 6 years, (nice to have a good paying job). I currently do not really have a "dream coin"...
Hmm, interesting question. If I had to only keep a portion of my collection.... As a hoarder the question makes me sick to my stomach really. The...
I probably have some with prices but no receipts. I used to buy silver from people at 3 times face. Before you think I was ripping them off, I...
One other aspect about books is another reason I buy them. Numismatic research and publication takes lots of money. Books are one of the primary...
This. Tons of errors that get repeated. One dealer that is very accessible online lists it as RIC X, people look up their coin and repeat the...
Eh, to me CT caters to a wide variety of collectors. One must remember all collectors started pretty clueless. They come on here asking "dumb"...
Yep, and the older the harder it becomes. I tried to conserve a Bactrian copper nickel coin once, (earliest in history) and gave up. Nickel reacts...
Most everywhere I know of leaves the pennies in the jar overnight for the next day. I do not see them putting them in the till or their pockets....
Some were. Most melting was done by the government. I am simply skeptical. I have seen simply hundreds of bags of such stuff being sold. They stay...
Good point. I was ignoring luster due to it being photographs and therefore just commenting on the hits I see. Differences in luster in hand could...
I would choose the second mainly for prime focal area concerns. The second coin has a very clean face, which is where everyone looks first at. The...
Separate names with a comma.
