Amen to that brother. Patterns can be a deep and dark rabbit hole. However, being their custodian confers a special kind of joy to one's...
It was serendipity when I saw that coin. I ran home and grabbed some gold and platinum bullion to pay for it.
Like Eric the Red, I too missed this thread. Please accept my belated wow!!!! Mighty impressive and obviously done with great love for the subject.
Thank you sir. In other news, I just realized that you and robec were my 999th and 1000th likes. Wooooo Hoooo, now I'm going places.
Thirty years ago I tried to assemble a proof set of coins from 1857. It was a challenge and a fool's errand. I never found any of the copper coins...
The next time you see Finley tell her that Rosie says hello.
It would be nice if collectors on LI and the NY Metro area could meet up in a manner as suggested by Lardan.
My family has a genetic disposition to Welshies. I was searching through some old family photos and I found a picture dated 1948 of my grandfather...
Now it's fake coins from Morocco!! I guess the guys who made the fake fossil and mineral specimens have branched out.
The National Park St. Gaudens site is in Cornish N.H. and is pretty close to what was once the longest covered bridge in the US. It very small as...
Wow, beyond impressive and very inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
This type of effort is quite common in Space Collecting. Miniscule pieces of flown items are chopped up into mm size pieces and packaged in slick...
To make more of an artist's statement the artist should have provided toilet paper made of $100 bills.
Is it just me or have there been a lot of coin and treasure discoveries in the news of late. There was the Folis (sic) discovery in Norway, a huge...
Just picked this up from my LCS. XF-45 with a green bean. [IMG]
I've never been to coin show so I very much enjoy reading about shows from folks who are able to attend them. Thank you for sharing your thoughts...
I like the Period One (1852-1856) California gold pieces because they were actually used in commerce. Period Two and Period Three pieces were...
My mom was really into stamps. Sadly as she got older she became more of a stamp hoarder. After she passed we had a group of family and friends...
With one exception out of the 25 insulators that I have in my little collection all are embossed with a manufacturer's name. Also, the glass is...
In addition to coins I also collect minerals, fossils, and meteorites. Below is a Stibnite from Herja, Romania. [ATTACH]
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