Congratulations, a great photo of the happy couple. Best wishes for your future here in the US.
Terrific thread, Skyman. Thanks so much! Takes me back to 1969, when I was 12 and in awe of the astronauts.
The coastal plain of Va.also has sandy soil that tends to preserve silver well. I saw a really nice flowing hair half dime that a fellow was...
Neat pieces of campaign advertising; thanks for putting them into the historical context.
Neat! I really like the concept and design.
I don't think those are flow marks, they are not oriented radially, as the actual flow marks (clearly seen ) appear to be.
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Great post, Lee. I love that program cover in the OP. Amazing feats of engineering were accomplished in the second quarter of the 20th c. While...
Umm... I don't have a photo of the label and don't remember the grade. It's in the SDB. sorry.
Great photos, Bob. My understanding of wheel marks is that they usually are only visible (in hand) with the coin tilted at a sharp angle to a...
pcgs grades chopmarked trade dollars "straight" unless they show other damage, like drill marks, filing, or corrosion for instance. NGC routinely...
Beautiful proof trade dollar. I don't have any proofs, just some run of the mill circs. [IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG][IMG]
definitely has the bright whiteness I associate with dipping. I see no hairlines to diagnose cleaning, and of course with static images one can't...
The eagle's head on that "17-cc" above looks a lot more like a Chinese dragon than our national emblem.
While I don't think I will try to duplicate Lord M.'s experience as a re enactor, reading "Confederates in the Attic" by Tony Horwitz gave me a...
I drive past Appomattox CH fairly often. next to the highway is a small cemetery with both Union and Confederate graves, under a huge spreading...
That coin looks like a business strike. Wasn't 1817 a proof-only year?
I'm sorry to hear about your loss; it's never easy and especially hard when someone is in the prime of life.
thanks for the history of the D-Mint, JMilton, and for the photos of the beautiful coins in your collection!
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