Oh and didn't mean to restart anything. 39 below here today. not much to do.
Rather bizarre thread. Only advice I can give is don't clean copper coins with baking soda. When I was a new collector (7 years old), my...
My brother dusty was a ranger who did two and a half tours in Vietnam. couldn't quote him about anything involving Vietnam that would make it...
sounds cool. something to look forward to. James at inspector 43.
thanks for the information. I had not heard of this. my mother worked at an aircraft plant during the war and my father served in the Pacific and...
When I was seven in 1967 I got a Christmas gift. The J.C. Penny Let's Collect Coins kit. A fellow named Kenneth Bressett wrote the intro and...
I had a friend who was nuts about cleaning coins with baking soda. the stuff would get wedged in various spots and then turn into concrete that...
As you will find in this thread Great collections and Heritage are the two largest. I have done more than a dozen auctions with Great Collections...
What you are describing sounds an awful lot like baking soda remains.
I don't know how large your access to actual coins is. I will say, though, it is totally free to go to sites like Heritage Auctions or Great...
The CAC sticker was of little importance to me. Although, I will be very interested to SEE what a CAC coin is suppose to look like. I have...
I REALLY wanted to get an I'm still here coin but in the end the only coin that fit my collection was an 1841 Seated Quarter in PCGS-VG 8 with a...
One of the oddest experiences I ever had was when an old friend in financial distress came to me with a small tin of slabbed coins. He wanted X...
I will agree with you MaineBill about the overdipped, flat out stripped and or deeply hairlined coins not belonging in straight graded holders....
Just a note to say I am much improved today. Thanks to all who wished me luck. james
Wow. home again from ER. I have been told I must never cook bacon again. Have zero memory of what happened but will never cook bacon again. It...
thanks for your words of support. Like rocks to cling to. I have battled a chronic disease for 30 years and won. not sure how this will turn...
Yes Mountain Man, I too was in the hospital when it happened. I have a genetic condition called Hereditary pancreatitis. I am given MRI scans on...
To make this coin related. I just got to open my Christmas gift, an 1860-O PCGS 45 Seated Quarter. (May take a few days to actually see it, I was...
This is a heartfelt if not misplaced to say this but I wish you all a Merry Christmas. On Dec. 21st I went into anaphylactic shock and died....
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