Toss me a link, I'd like to read your thoughts.
One thing I like about this board is that 10 minutes ago it didn't even occur to me that someone would collect pre-1860's Sicilian and Italian...
My neighbor lady spent a lifetime collecting antique glassware. I'm guessing that market peaked in the '70s and early 80's. She recently passed...
A dealer at a coin show asked me what I wanted to pay for two silver dollars. "I want to pay about 40 cents", I replied. I crack myself up. (1)...
How can you have twice as many coins as dollars? I thought the box only had halves in it. Do the banks do mixed boxes? (I'm leaving before this...
Sakata, I like your approach of linking to a source in your offer. Noob Question: What is CV? -Gregg
Okay, I've thought about this for a couple of days and now I'm looking into VAMs. I want you to know that you've ruined my life and I hate you...
From my beginner perspective it is interesting to watch what doesn't sell at the advertised price. You can organize items by what is about to...
This is probably my harshest cleaned coin. I assume they used some sort of acid on the obverse. Hobo Peace Dollar by Gregg posted Oct 11, 2017 at...
Beefer, The sellers pics look photo-shopped to me. It appears as if some of the fields have had the blurr brush applied. I'm not an expert, that...
Beefer, Thanks for sharing those images. The dull surface of a cleaned coin is very obvious in those pictures. -Gregg
Oh no... I'll never go there. Although, I do have a Peace Dollar with a FBL. VAM that!
I would never use a belt sander on a half-penny; that is why God made Brillo pads. In truth, I was hoping that imagery was too awful to be taken...
I don't want to trade the 1/2 penny until I've had time to clean it up a little bit. My dad has a belt sander, we're gonna get to work on it this...
My father and I recently started collecting coins. He was stashing silver rounds in preparation for the coming zombie apocalypse and I suggested...
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