She's probably showing it to commemorate the holiday today, which is depicted on the reverse. If I had to guess.
Thanks y'all, and Happy Independence Day to you! I hope you all get a chance to eat something cooked outside, drink something cold, and blow...
Entry Post. Seems fitting to enter a Liberty Bell into the Liberty Bell Day post. How about a blue one, with hints of red? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Entry post. Today, on my birthday, a Rhode Island commem in prooflike. This was the state I was born in. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Congrats! I'm glad you recognize the "slab" is completely dis-reputable. However, the coin appears to be genuine, and generally problem free....
One year, I saw it snow in Orlando while I was at the show. Completely blew my freakin' mind.
Give me some slack, I was commenting under the influence ;)
I've never been to a Summer FUN, but the Winter FUN is about 3x bigger. If I could only go to one, I'd choose the January show every time.
No, you appear to have DDO-013: http://varietyvista.com/12%20Kennedy%20Halves/DDO%20Detail%20Pages/1964DDDO013.htm Take a look especially at the...
I'd wager every single coin in that box is fake. I don't see any that look genuine.
I'll make cocktail-influenced posts.... such as right now. Started the night with a martini, moved to a negroni, progressed to something with rum...
Great looking set - I look forward to seeing the rest! Tonkin was also part of French IndoChina, in the north of Vietnam. As far as I know, they...
The modern coins of Madagascar do feature lemurs and baobab. The French Colonial issues do not.
About 15 years ago, I was attempting to get all the coins of all the French Colonies. I decided to focus on Morocco instead, but I was able to...
It's not that. Its just that every 2 or 3 months, someone asks a very similar question, Doug posts something silly, and we go around in circles.
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Almost always. Early US coins of all series (pre-1836) are collected by die variety. While Flowing Hair halves start at a higher base price,...
I got my first Red Book when I was 10. I loved it, and still have it. Highly recommend every collector or potential collector have a copy, kids or...
The coin market has been steadily increasing for the past year. It is no surprise that yours went up.
What an unfortunately cluttered, ugly design for a reverse. If you have to take up a large portion of the coin with a legend explaining what the...
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