Not a problem. No way from my post for you to know. Hope you and your wife aren't really in danger of splitting up over a hobby.
I suspect that the models for most classic coins are dead as well.
Looking back over my post, yes, it does appear that we might have split up...:oops: Actually, we had 27 great years together before she passed in...
Not exactly "repurposed" as the die was never used in 1821...merely an old die pulled off the shelf when needed.
My first wife and I actually DID attend a coin show the day after we got married. As for needing an intervention, she's also the one who later...
Most of the TNA members from OK that I know are pretty cool---those Texicans, though...
Although I usually try to go to the EAC show every year this time around I'll be at the ONA show in OKC that same week in May and then the TNA...
Same as every year. Buy more coins.
Write it off as a "field loss"?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Well, you forced me to take another look. Actually, you have an example of O-105 (difference obverse die; same reverse die) which isn't one of...
You will find that the overdate is quite hard to distinguish on the O-102 die marriage...consisting of a line at the tops of the 0 and the 6....
My personal opinion is that intellectual property should not be printed out, however since the Newman Numismatic Portal offers the ability to...
An out-of-print (but available on-line at https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/512710) book that belongs in the library of anyone interested in...
Of those two???? Neither, but if forced to buy one then the Frankie. I HATE Morgan dollars, though.
I'm not CircCam (luckily for him) but this is one of the few modern commems that I do like. It is the 2008 Bald Eagle Commemorative Proof Silver...
I wonder if the Red Book editors were basing their estimate on the TPG population listings. In that case, I shouldn't be at all surprised by...
The John Reich Collectors Society stills lists it as an R-3 which would be somewhere between 201 to 500 examples so I would still trust your...
The mint marks had initially been placed on the obverse, the first time that had been done for a regular issue US half dollar since 1839.] On...
Not a rare die marriage...O-111 is one of--if not the most--common die pairings for the year. Run away.
I personally bid and forget. If someone wants it more than I do then so be it. On the other hand, it never hurts to have a third party bid for...
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