Because the artwork on both was designed by William Woodruff....an artist I'm rapidly coming to dislike quite a bit.
They're nice coins, no doubt. Good strikes, good surfaces, like always with maples. But the design is..if anything...MORE cartoonishly freaky in...
I want it because I think the speculation about WHAT cardboard holder it sat in, why, and why for so long, fascinates me.
Postman had a present for me today... [ATTACH]
Living proof that you can indeed polish a....well...they're shiny, anyway. [ATTACH]
Mine just arrived. Haven't even opened the package yet. Will post pictures after lunch.
Based on the tracking information, I'm thinking mine might show up today. :thumb:
Not true. I also posted in the original thread that I canceled my order, and had a rather..."shady" experience with them. Very much a case of...
WL, You have an appreciation and flair for the story behind the coin that makes this hobby so worthwhile to me. Thanks for sharing all this!
Let me echo what others have said...perhaps this was "unwanted advice" two years ago, but it's providing a VALUABLE education now. I'd been...
Found in a roll of US Half Dollars.... [ATTACH]
I was reminded the other day that several folks thought the Grizzly was ugly as sin in the early release pictures, though it's now grown on me...
Just got my shipment notice from provident about 20 minutes ago.
If you insist... [ATTACH]
I've done business with these folks, top notch. 242 and 834
It wouldn't shock me to see the grizz and wolf trading at 75-100 within the next couple years.
I have noticed, and am loving it. I've grabbed multiples of each, as they came out, since day one...under the belief that they would do exactly...
Well I'll be darned, they do! I even pre-ordered my 3 from provident, and never saw that. In that case...ME TOO! *lol* Thanks. Guess I should...
Is there any reason to think they will? Everything I've seen now says "Early October"...previously, the most optimistic estimates said 9/30. Am...
Congrats, Randy. Thanks for the contest, Dutchman!
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