What bothers me is the title of this thread. I respect the views of people who may or may not share mine. However, starting a discussion with...
Hear hear!!
Stop sounding like our POTUS:-)
A local coin shop here pays 3 cents for dates in the 40's and 50's (a little more for steel cents); 4 cents for 30's; 5 cents for 20's; 6 cents...
I too started collecting young and then went through a long period of not collecting until after a divorce. At that time I got into building...
I personally prefer gold pressed lattinum:-)
I wasn't arguing with that. Dead things help keep us alive.
All I can say is that the dentist didn't fill my mouth with dirt:-)
Just a deer in the headlights look.
Nothing good came out of my Buick-deer collision:-)
Unfortunately that's very true. I've known a few people who weren't collectors but inherited a collection. They purchased a Red Book to estimate...
Enjoying life
I'm jealous. You did well!
Agree completely. The name Grey Sheet is fitting since their numbers fall into a grey area.
Thanks for the info about what C-1 means. I may just have to read up on half cent varieties.
I checked some auction examples and I would guess AU 55 , C-1. Don't ask me what C-1 means but the examples with that attribute seemed to have a...
I never look at price guides anymore. I know people who spend money on a new Redbook every year. To me they are buying another book for their...
Asking is one thing, getting is another.
Nice drawings. If you could post some for all of the 1840 large cent varieties I'd appreciate it:-)
Reasonable to some is stupid to others. Sometimes I think I'm reasonable but later on in reflection I feel otherwise:-)
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