I am fairly new here, so I wasn't fortunate enough to know Koen. But it was very sad to hear of his early passing, he seemed like a wall liked...
Thanks for all of the advice guys. The moderns are beautiful, just really not my thing. Those Germans sure are cool and I'm not afraid of all of...
That's a good idea, maybe people interested could start listing their interests. Thank you for your help keeping this thread clean.
It may not really be a rarity in the classic sense, but finding a nice example without an outrageous price can be difficult to say the least.
Nice, I'm going to have to look up some of those.
Sounds interesting, any particular series?
So I have been an avid collector of US coins for over thirty years, but I have never really crossed the border. Lately, while lurking around the...
That would be the final one in my set. I bought a 21-D last year at the FUN show, but couldn't get a nice 38-D even though I bid on seven of them.
If you paid $6 for it, you probably did okay. Having said that, SGS is not a very well respected grading service and their grades always seem to...
That coin is the size of a half dollar and looks like a small gold dollar.
Oh sorry, I guess I read your message wrong, correction made.
Awesome, any idea who it's going to be?
I'm sure that someone in your past was responsible for getting you interested in our great hobby. Mine for instance was my Grandfather and...
The 1942/1 over date is perfectly clear on the Philadelphia issue, but the 1942/1 D is a little harder to see. The easiest way to tell if it is a...
They wouldn't allow any photos on board the ship, but I'll try to dig up some images of the doubloon that they gave me.
I weaseled my way on to the Odyssey a few years ago when I was working with a certain TV coin dealer. They were hunting off of the Florida Keys...
Maybe try to contact a mod directly.
I gave her a choice of a 1936 proof set or two grand cash for her Christmas bonus last year. She took the cash. If she would have listened a...
Wow a penny on a dime certified by a real TPG, and a 67 no less. Very nice Matt.
I love to bore my secretary by going on and on about die parings of large cents. At first, I even had her taking notes (I amuse me). She quickly...
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