There are presently no plans to resurrect the vest, though such an event is theoretically still possible. I still have it in a garment bag in the...
Thanks! I want an old photo of him! ;) Yeah, I know, that’s a tall order. But it’s happened three times before in my past quests for these love...
Those polls are extremely unscientific and just for fun. It’s just something I do for the coins in my collection that get a full writeup. Which...
I agree with the canine. There’s something special about those Arrows & Rays quarters and halves.
Ancients enthusiasts: this was the centerpiece of the Holey Gold Hat in its bygone glory days. Zeno (emperor of the East, A.D. 476-491). AV...
The quality of my holeys is not presently up to the old standards, but this is a very casual sideline project now, done on the cheap, purely for...
The Seated Dimes are love tokens. There’s an 1854 with “LM” (my username initials), and an 1876 with “RS” ( my real-life initials). The latter...
Some pieces (Dansco 7070 types, mostly) remain on my cork board. The Indian cent is an 1864-L. I have an Indian cent date set on another cork...
He is referring to the small Spanish-American War token that has a picture of the Battleship Maine on it. It is barely recognizable in the photos...
Thanks!
@Evan Saltis - if you’re game, I need your genealogical research skills to find out more about CLARENCE E. LAKE / MECCA / OHIO / BORN FEB. / FIFTY...
That is an understatement. In most of my “real” life outside the forums, I’m an introvert. The holey coin getup was a way to have fun and my one...
No, but in the past I only did pre-1900. Nope. Just a Dobbs box I got from an antique store. My late mother was Lillian Dobbs, so I had to honor...
Nah, it fits okay
Thanks, I’ll message you, but be warned that no good deed goes unpunished. ;)
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These are the closest most of us mere mortals will come to owning a Confederate coin which is not a later, postwar restrike. (The original...
Here’s one I sold last year. As @MIGuy mentioned, the 1861-O half dollar was struck under three governments as the year progressed: first, a few...
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Sure… in pre-1834 US gold. ;)
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