Oh well. Didn't know about it until I saw it CW this morning.
The junk box was at a European flea market. How many American coin collectors on vacation walked away mumbling: "WTF, how many of these...
https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/monday-morning-brief-for-feb-17-2020-stunning-junk-box-find
So, it cost almost nothing for shop keepers to end-run "world improvers." I love it!
On the reverse of this medal you'll see the name A. Slabaugh. That would be Arlie Slabaugh a writer and associate editor for Numismatic Scrapbook....
Hi Lowle: I'm sorry but I don't own any references for California. Pritchard's is just for Colorado tokens. It's a nice looking token. :)
Where do you get these ideas from?
Metropole Good for 25c, from Rico Colorado. Brass, 4.6 grams, thin planchet, 24mm, Pritchard RI181-25. Reverse has a 90 degree rotation so I can't...
I believe the fed managed to lose the M1 for a couple of hours back in 80's. An amazing feat even for them. The problem with digital is that It...
Somewhere in Time Christopher Reeves use hypnosis to time travel back to 1912, from 1980, to meet an actress he's infatuated with. Everything is...
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I guess we'll just have to disagree then. Not exactly a first. I remember them being fairly popular in the late 70's and 80's. I also remember...
As much as I love Ayn Rand I don't believe "...in collecting there is no such thing as too many stamps; the more one gets the more one wants..."...
Here's a trade token from a town with an interesting name: Climax, Colorado. Town was named after the Climax molybdenum mine that began...
Don't see what's wrong. "Privately minted collectible" "tribute copy," $9.95--pretty good price IMO. What should they do recite the ad as a...
G.F. Peterson good for 50c. Brass, M/A, 28mm, 5.6 grams, thin planchet. Token catalog #1720 I really like tokens with locales that appear to be...
Spuds Turpentine. Yes, Spuds Florida. Commissary token, aluminum, 26mm, 1.3 grams, C/A, heavy die polish, Token Catalog #8562. Local businesses...
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Oh, come on now OP. Surely you do not doubt the Zombie Fulfillment Center's capacity to innovate new and interesting "accommodative policies?" Why...
Phu Cat air base. Brass, incuse lettering, M/A, 5.7 grams, 24mm, VN3690C Well I'm guilty of "conserving" this token. Sorry but the corrosion...
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