Beautiful coins Guy! I like them all. Bruce
Your office is way too nice Siggi but I don't see the wet bar... for entertaining your clients of course.:devil: Bruce
Nice IHC Alan. An attractive example of a classic design. Congratulations! Bruce
Punch sets are readily available to anyone who wants to buy one tristen. The "6" was not done at the mint, but by someone for whatever reason...
I love these old coppers guys. All nice coins,,,thanks for posting them. Bruce
Love your merchant token Siggi. Do you know what type of business this was and do you have any history on it? Thanks for the pic. Bruce
Easy Ken, Hobo just beat you to the "Post Quick Reply". He was awake and paying attention and you were probably in the backyard polishing...err,...
I wouldn't trade my collection for any single coin. Some of my coins are from my Dad's collection and have special memories for me. Others do too...
Good to have you here yuval. I didn't respond to your post earlier as I had no knowledge of this piece to share with you. As I suspected, the...
[ATTACH] Here's the example of the "RIRA" counterstamp in my collection Jeff. The initials stand for the Real Irish Republican Army, which is an...
Hi Jeff, good to hear from you again. This is an interesting area of counterstamping, but by its very nature present a collector with a unique set...
As a long time collector (since 1954) I have to say that I'm excited to see so many of you young collectors with the same passion as I have. I...
I checked the site out Mark and it looks interesting. They even had some Icelandic coins which I'm sure brought a smile to your face. I'll have...
I agree with the others, don't clean. If you can post a picture we might be able to evaluate the coin and make some suggestions. Welcome to CT...
I couldn't agree more. That's a big part of the appeal of collecting for me as well. Bruce
I'm always interested in buying new counterstamps for my collection. I collect mostly 19th Century U.S. issues but will consider modern ones as...
Congrats zantetsuken, they're some nice pickups. I particularly like the Russian coin and the 5,000 Ruble silk. What history there is surrounding...
The mark on the forehead is definitely damage of some sort, but the mark on the neck looks a little odd. It almost looks like there's a pattern or...
I'm "green" with envy Matt. :D Bruce
They're both beautiful coins Winged. It's interesting to me also that the toning on both would be so similiar. The fact that you bought each from...
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