Good point!...I'll do my best! :happy::happy::D You're advice is dead on. I'm anxious to post my first...someday (soon). :singing:
Yeah, I'm still working on getting my first "good" ancient (1st that I will admit to) to post, so I can get on her good side! :smuggrin::smuggrin::D
Interesting read! Also, if you read through further links, I now discovered why my printer runs out of the yellow ink way before the red & blue.
@korey d, welcome to CT! Nice enough looking cent for it's age, but know that the Denver mint alone made more than 1.5 billion in 1960! The die...
I probably should have explained for those who don't know, that a "cooper" is a barrel maker; "cooperage" is the art of making a barrel. :happy:
It's from a barrel hoop! After they make the Jack Daniels barbeque chips from the used barrel staves, they have all these hoops left...
That's a good read!
I think you will find we will tolerate a lot! :smuggrin::smuggrin::D Oh, the nickels...oh the humanity!!! :):happy:;) Oh, wait...the dimes, the...
Nice catch! & Happy Birthday youngster!!! :D:D:D:cigar:
To me, it actually looks remarkedly similar to the coins (cents, nickels, dimes & quarters) we would lay on train tracks. Those coins were much...
@Mernskeeter, welcome to CT! Keep at it & keep learning (from the right sources!) CT has some extremely knowledgeable & helpful member to help...
@Radu, welcome to CT! No matter what, that's a nice looking coin!
That's a nice little gem of a story, thanks! :happy::happy::happy:
I think it's good as is. There's a lot of activity on the obverse, & on the reverse 3 things jump out: (1) what is that in the field under the...
Well, sometimes they act like refrigerator magnets & you have to slide them back into position. You never had to do that?...
@trussell, good one! I think most on this thread are too focused to get it! :joyful::smuggrin::D
@HawkeEye, glad this thread was resurrected, since I apparently missed it when it started. :( Your 2 sites are absolutely fabulous!!!!…& I will...
Me neither (although I have a few I feel I paid too much for, but still like the acquisition).
A few months ago, I mentioned my "seeding" of my back yard, for my grandkids to use their metal detector (which I gave them for Christmas about 3...
Actually, it is an error, but it's an error because it's a zinc clad cent...& there are billions of them out there! :D Still worth a cent though!...
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