I think e-bay is an enormous positive to the hobby, and possibly the single biggest positive influence in the last 15 years. I have no idea how...
Number me in the large group which feels professional grading is an enormous positive, and one reason why the hobby is growing, not dying....
Interesting point. When silver was circulating, so were older designs. e.g. when Rosies had silver, there were Mercs circulating. When Kennedies...
Interesting to note the terminology; I suppose the 1795 "curious head" is what we now call the Jefferson Head. Rare indeed ! A year's wages then...
Good point ! It's also reminiscent of the sun and rays on a Peace Dollar and Saint Gaudens $20.
But many others are very much alive. Considering the enormous roiling in the financial markets 18 months ago, is it wise to project recent trends...
I cherry picked an R.5 large cent, discussed on this thread : http://www.cointalk.com/t97817/ I also cherry picked an R.5 half dime a while...
Everyone should. This is an awful, awful fraud. It is the textbook 1944-D -> 1914-D alteration, except this is so unbelievably poorly done.
How can we say modern collectors are excluded from the hobby when millions of modern collectibles are minted every year ?
Here's the good news : these are the guys who will revolutionize the hobby / industry. They already are. It's the young folks who bring in new...
I'm more worried about being hit with a meteorite. Or being run over by a stampeding herd of turtles.
Will coin collecting as a hobby die out ? No. Coin collecting has been going on for thousands of years; the notion that it will suddenly die...
Several nice lots closing this week at 900fine's E-Bay store http://stores.ebay.com/900fine-Rare-Coins Half Cents: 1804 Draped Bust - C-2, VG...
It's possible. Yes, it did happen in earlier days. I have not heard of any occasions of that practice as late as 1847, but anything's possible. I...
Or one of those cable TV shows selling ultra-rare 2009 proof sets at "only" $399
Toxicity due to exposure. I read a report indicating excessive exposure to m-xylene "produced clinical signs of toxicity such as excess...
Yep. One solution : get a different magnet. :D
Yes, I'm totally jazzed about Annapolis ! :D I think I'm just gonna stick with N-23 as a working hypothesis and bring the coin to EAC. I might...
Thanks ! The problem I had with crowning this one N-23 was Bob's statement "Weaker crack always present from dentils through top of ATE." which...
In these solvent discussions, we have two dramatically different classes of compounds : the group with xylene, toluene, and xylol. These are...
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