Eduard, that's a nice-looking JR-2. Is that die rust pitting showing on the reverse between the olive branch and ER and between the letters RICA...
What a great response! It's a real testament to the superb collaboration that occurs amongst us. I purchased the half dime LM book a couple of...
On the "Coin Chat" forum there exists a thread for showing your numismatic library acquisitions. The latest item in my library is the Zack,...
I'll add my small but growing library. Two important parts of it are; - The half cent book by Bill Eckberg, in my humble opinion, the best...
Paddy54, I hope that was a gold star because I never got one in kindergarten. That was in an age before there were participation trophies.
Ohh, you are an evil genius. I am an utter idiot on this series but when did that ever stop me from giving my opinion in these exercises? A is...
Solid 65 but it will slab at 66. Overall, a very nice looking coin.
I'm gonna have to go to the big box hardware store and buy another bookshelf. Yay!
I followed the last thread on this topic and all I can say is Oh! Oh!
Unless it's a R-5 or better or just a super damaged coin, I automatically price a 19th century coin that has the "normal" amount of cleaning at...
The somewhat heavy scratches on the obverse (at K8, K10 and K2) would put the coin on the bubble if that was the only thing on a coin with...
If you wind up eating a bug, you must post a video. And I would like to see a poll as to the type of bug to be eaten. I think a Madagascar...
Notwithstanding the possibility that the OP is sincere and ever hopeful, does it occur to anyone that all of us might be the subject of trolling?...
OK, the best and the worst. Actually, the worst is one of my favorite coins for solely nostalgic reasons. I bought it when I was about 13 years...
The MMs do look like different coins but I checked on various marks and they appear to be the same on both images of the reverse such as the...
One of my favorites. Photos don't do it justice. [ATTACH]
Well, it certainly looks like an S in your 550 photograph. The 627 photo is worse but it looks like a D in that one. I cropped them and blew...
Well, the mint has gone the route of the postage stamp. No topic is too prosaic.
Green bean.
This coin goes to the strike problem with FEs. I bought this one for my type set and have grown increasingly dissatisfied with it but like the...
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