The Richmond Coin Club hosts a show twice a year, I attended the fall edition this past weekend. I don't usually go with any particular...
I've wanted a NM Saint for a long time, there seem to be bazillions of the 1908 issue, thanks to Ron Gillio and the WF "hoard." I ran across...
64! OK, I quit, no more GTG for me!:joyful:
Wow Larry, wish all my 45's looked like that!
I'll join Club 58.
55? very interesting toning and attractive.
It was common to re use rev dies as long as they held up, (witness the wide CC die used from 1873 to 1876!)
Great looking coin that no doubt bought a lot of likker in the old West. I'd rather have that coin than my dipped VF.
I wouldn't buy that without a chance to view it in hand first.
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I don't think the photos of the cents are clear enough to make a definite determination about authenticity. The dime may be genuine based on the...
I went back and re read Gillio's account of the purchase of the "Wells Fargo" hoard of 1908 coins. He doesn't actually say what country they came...
The "Wells Fargo Hoard" was a huge accumulation of 1908 Saints (19,900) repatriated from Europe by Ron Gillio. For a while they were stored at a...
when I was 11 or 12 my Dad took me to a coin show at the local Holiday Inn. I knew nothing about coins, but I was drawn to an 1835 half dime, of...
Terrific coin, Russ, with great history behind it.
Beautiful example!
Nice trade dollar. I have a raw 76 cc that was white when I bought it, and toned incredibly fast through blue/rose to a shade similar to yours....
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Hmm.. I see OPY; maybe that was an owner's name :angelic:
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