they remind me of my grand dad's childhood :P it is a beautiful design and only works in silver - that would be an ugly broze or gold design....
SOP is to tape a note to the machine - when the vendor comes in they square up with those who left notes. took 2 weeks last time since it...
i'd ask him for photos of straight on shots of the obverse and reverse. that angled view tells me very little about the quality of the coin....
just cut and past the address in the message window like this: http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=23939 -Steve
how long have you been collecting coins? you state you are new, but that could mean a number of things. i have been around coins my whole life...
the soda machine here at the office just ate my dollar bill and promptly jammed. went to the other one in the other wing, exact change only....
i started in the hobby as an adult with a collection of Lincoln cents pulled from circulation. there are so many RPM's that it's just not healthy...
boo. wait. ha ha :D
here's the back story on the coin. this coin was purchased in January from a shop that was closing. i was shown the coin last night and...
i just realized i used an oxymoron - large majority. can some please show me a small majority. hahaha. -Steve
i enjoyed the civil debate and respect your opinion. thanks. -Steve
i went through a stack of German marks last night that were slabbed by PCGS in the late 1980's. many of them would fetch far more money if they...
i'm not saying there aren't honest sellers and informed buyers on eBay, but there is a far more visible presence of questionable sellers with many...
wiki is only as good as the source. it lacks "science" if any fool can submit an explanation. oh wait, that's the foundations of the innerwebs....
SCIENCE and survey in the same sentence, shame on you. if the large majority aren't informed, how can the large number of bogus auctions and...
of course not everyone buying from eBay fits that description. the conclusion was based on the seemingly endless misrepresented items presented...
i am not collecting my coins as an investment, rather, i am collecting quality coins that, as a result of their quality, will appreciate over...
my father and i had a conversation last night about eBay. we came to the conclusion that the collectors buying from eBay are the same ones that...
Mercury dimes, Walking Liberty half, the Standing Liberty quarter, and the Buffalo nickel are my favorite US coins. I don't care for the Morgan...
rumor has it that the mint already has the silver set aside for the project. i usually don't feed rumors, but this one is froma trusted source....
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