Couldn’t have said it better myself!
@johnmilton I enjoy your stories as much as I enjoy your coins.
We are all coin junkies here and would love to see a photo. Start a thread and it will get some attention.
Very cool old dime book! I keep some of those rubber fingertip things in with my coin books. The things you get from the office store when you...
Interesting damage in an odd artistic way though.
Now that truly is a very sweet pick!
I think you may have just answered a long standing question for me..... So that is where the term “slider” comes from?
What is the giveaway that this one was cleaned? I find a cleaning easy to spot on silver coins but struggle with it on gold. And I have a thought...
I was sure that I read another thread telling me this was your daughter’s new detector. ;);)
You won’t regret it. It makes a whole lot of the Sheldon grading system make sense.
That one is just worn so slick that I don’t know that you could ever lift a date from it.
Lovely piece of history but yes, the numismatic value is gone.
1794 Cents have incredible character. Yours displays a wonderful amount of detail. That is absolutely my kind of coin.... When I go to shows I...
Santa Claus put this in my stocking two years ago. I have lots of different magnifiers, but this is what I default to..... The handle has two very...
Now that was a very informative article. Thanks, Physics.
Well thank-you, Inspector. That is a high honor.
Whoa!!! What a stunner!!
Ha! I know it is a joke. But does illustrate the point quite well..... Before I purchase a coin these days I try to do some homework first. And on...
I am currently on the hunt for a particular coin and have decided my price range is AU. The coin of my current desire has a dramatic swing in...
You are correct. Sadly, the counterfeit market has been a big black eye on our hobby in recent years.
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