I find the Mississppi river to be a very good boundary line. In IA and MN all I ever got was Denver coins, but a friend of mine in IL only ever...
Now just to convert all of those lurkers into contributing members. Come on guys, if you are reading this, you can be a member and post whatever...
Or use the $60-75 to add more permanent books to your library. I would suggest Breen, or specialized volumes an whatever series you collect....
Its not the coins that makes a numismatist, its knowledge about coins. Any rich man can write a check, that does not make him a numismatist. You...
First, I have no idea where your "pointless questions and personal anecdotes" attacks come from. What "personal anecdote" did I talk about here?...
I buy what I find as the best bargain, and what I am most interested in at the time. Right now I am most interested in Sogdian, but just bought a...
Had too much drama in the gameroom for too long, and they decided to just shut it down. Too much uncontrolled chats that the drama would spill...
My input would be a "fine collection", while being a loose term, would normally be applied to a collection, (or subcollection if one has a very...
I know we disagree in general about Mr. Carr's "things", and out of respect for you Krispy I have refrained from posting in any threads about him...
I would go with the top coin. The main thing I remember as a diagnostic of these is the die cutter did not know it was a mask he was copying, and...
I was being facetious. No US minted coins were made then? To say private commerce does better without governmental coins is simply rewriting the...
I need to open up my history books then. I was unaware that the US did not strike gold coinage from 1800 to 1849 and that Bechtler gold was the...
Best is distilled water, since it cannot do harm. After that I usually just scrape with a sharpened piece of metal that is softer than the coin...
What you really need is an organization seen as reliable. Think about it, if you are a show organizer, who are you going to hire, (and be able to...
I don't really disagree strongly with your post. My main concern is people talk about weakness of the dollar and then say you have to buy PM. I...
Well that is a point of disagreement. I believe the invention of coinage was one of the most important inventions regarding commerce, you view it...
My comment would be that the discount in 1980 was not just on junk silver. Bullion bars were being discounted too. Its true the refiners were...
The defining moment of the creation of coins was when the government started creating them in standard units of measure and purity, and then...
I believe it was a 1905 Italian Lira. Its a nice little XF silver piece.
If its your first show, I would plan on walking around just looking for half an hour or so. Get your bearings, see what is around, generally don't...
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