I too like the 'cutter' slicing through the water, but the symbolism of the 'life preserver' has long been an emblem of the Coast Guard service....
New silver Coast Guard medal arrived today. A good mate for my old 3" Coast Guard medal......... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This dang thing was a devil...
Acetone is one of the safest cleaning agents you could employ, John. You could leave the coin in a bath of the stuff, sealed up for a year, and...
A day or so to see if anything shakes. :)
An acetone bath might improve appearances......I'd not send it in.
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Johnson City, NY......very near Bingamton (Binghamton) NY.
[ATTACH] Sorry..........just needed to bridge the gap.
Kool Beans fellows.........
edited Never........they won't even discontinue the dollar bill and replace it with the 'host' of metal dollars languishing in a bunker in Texas....
Not too shabby H8..........:)
Most ever I spent on a coin? Shoot, I don't kiss and tell. Besides.....the wife is looking over my shoulder. [ATTACH]
I've always been a proponent of "ya want it graded? Buy it graded". Use somebody else's money.........
Me too (W's)..........around here somewhere..........hope I didn't spend them at 7-11.
Glad to see (last pic) you're wearing 'protection'..........covid is rampant.
Absolutely Love it.........:)
Where there's a will, there's a 'buck' to be made.........and if all of you guys, staring at goats (and following the 'Judas' goat) buy into it,...
Conflagration.......
A priceless piece of history.........:)
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