It is about 15 days until the end of the year. it is easier to use my coin journal to list the newest coins in my collection. Therefore, most...
Pretty good stuff from @physics-fan3.14 . Hard to argue with anything he said. James
First thing I thought of was how great those coins are and what cheer and happiness coins can give a coin collector. I hope these coins have a...
I don't claim to be holier than anyone else but I am firmly in the "I" get to pick the coin when we are talking that much money. I do see the...
One of the great learning experiences of my life was when the price of silver was run up in late 79/80. I had been a collector since the age of...
@LakeEffect . Well done! Around here we always (jokingly) award each other "Gold Stars". Congrats and have a gold star. james
@cladking . Thanks but I prefer to wait for the AI Haiku. james
Very nice Franklin. I will put in for @The Half Dime again. Here is a pic of our friend fang checking out the Christmas tree. James [ATTACH]
You would be surprised by what a chance at more money will bring out of the woodwork, but it usually takes a spark or a kick start of some kind to...
@physics-fan3.14 . Thanks for the flashbacks and also for posting such a great coin. I truly wonder just how many of those jewels from that...
@Barberian . Excellent coins. Usually I am less than enthusiastic about Arrows & Rays coins but that one is a keeper. james
@Vess1. You can't really compare a coin like the Morgan to coins from the Seated era. They may overlap slightly, but the Morgan was a failed...
The entire topic of black specks isn't of my invention. I first started collecting Seated coins in 1996/7. All my prior experience had been...
@ToughCOINS . Personally I threw in the towel years ago when it came to Seated coins. I have only just started collecting Barber coins. It is...
@KBBPLL . @justafarmer . At anyone with numismatic experience. I have spent decades collecting Seated Coins and have basically learned that...
This looks like the kind of thing that a young collector named @The Half Dime would like for Christmas. I nominate the half dime to be my winner...
@Shrews1994 . Congrats. Now we just have to get Meowthekitty , thehalfdime and a few others some christmas cheer wins. James
My one, my only my 1899 Indian cent. May she someday gather a group of sisters. James [ATTACH]
@Micheal K. i have no dispute with what you have posted but you do raise an interesting question. Just what exactly DOES a 188 year old piece of...
Personally it is one of my pet peeves that people are 1 obsessed with the idea a coin from say 1837 is suppose to be "strictly original" to be...
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