I agree that the design of the Walker is very complex.... for pure simplicity, the Barber design would be best suited (though the Walker is by far...
Ruben - please elaborate... I'm not sure what a "fun house mirror trap" would look like on a coin.
Quite a history lesson if nothing else... 94 offers, all declined. I'm sure it's just an ad, like Hobo said.
Compared to my desk, yours is well organized!
I know when I first started buying "stuff" on eBay (1998), many auctions had descriptions only (pictures were optional... digital cameras were...
Maybe he has a coin that looks similar... still a bad idea (and against eBay policy). I don't understand why a seller would use someone else's pic...
Minimal pofit, that's for sure.
Crop circles?
Well then... show me the slabs! I need to express my opinion in my retirement years.
Gotta love this bit: "It is easy, there are no licenses needed. Anyone can give an opinion on the grade of a coin. Even the top grading companies...
I agree with Hobo. I think the gold plating is wearing off at the high points, revealing the base metal underneath.
"I think the beauty and artistry of the engraving of days gone by is far superior to anything we have today..." That is so true... these older...
Well, I can trace my ancestry back to Churchill, so I guess that's why I smoke big fat cigars and call Lincoln cents "pennies" too...
I like the last setence: "The Secret Service’s ultimate goal is to trace the coin back to the original perpetrator." Shouldn't be too hard to...
Very nice pickup for melt... less than 400K minted, so a tough coin to find in any grade. Someone will be along who knows how to grade these...
One thing about these sets (I bought a few many years ago) is that the coins are always relatively low grade common dates and cleaned/polished....
Newspapers love this kind of story.. I've seen the same scenario with the 1804 dollar published at least three different times over the years....
From Susan Headly's blog of Feb. 5th: When I visited the Philadelphia Mint this past Tuesday, I thought it was very odd that none of the three...
I can buy '21 Morgans all day long in MS-60 for $18-$20; same for '22 Peace dollars (bought a MS-63 today for $18 to fill a spot in another type...
Doesn't look like anything to me...
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