My wife just emailed the story to me..... Dang, she is slow in an instant information age...:confused:
I saw one of those programs where they took one of those small fire safes and dropped it on it's corner. It popped right open pretty as you please.
A safe deposit box is the ultimate in security. The negatives are that you rent the box from your bank (usually pretty cheap) and the only time...
One of my first memories upon leaving the Army was going to a grocery store on a Sunday. I bought a can of soup and a can opener. The cashier...
Oh man.... I remember that like it was yesterday...... Problem is, I can't remember yesterday....
Looks like a fine start to a collection to me! Welcome to CT. I might suggest you get yourself a copy of the Redbook of US Coins. Invaluable...
If a food product came in the container it should be fine.
Nawww.... We just say “the fed, y’all”....
OP..... Look.... you have garnered the attention of some of the most numismatically educated old coots around. Please understand that you set the...
Here’s where my thinking is. You are a young collector and likely don’t have a great deal of cash laying around. I collected for many years with...
I am just glad I tuned in today or I would have missed an education on out of series high relief Jefferson moon tribute nickels. I gotta have one now.
Well darn...... Now you have me wondering what a Franklin Bicentennial half would have looked like!
That is a blatant cast piece. I don't think I would call it a copy. More like a token or something you would pick up in a gift shop. Not a coin.
I see that I mistyped the date. Bet that made me look like the sharpest tool in the shed..... Yes, I meant to say 1943 copper. SO that was a phony...
It is an interesting question. I bet Franklin's would have made the transition to clad then died a slow death in the late 1990's. I doubt that...
Here I am supposed to be setting a boss-like example in my office and this had me laughing like a danged hyena....
I think she is beautiful just the way she is. But that's just me. I bet @okbustchaser would have the right answer to your question.
Temperature changes and moisture are your enemies. I am like you and try to deter toning on my coins. I keep them either in TPG holders or...
Cool examples. Welcome to CT.
I must have missed it when you told us about that. Congratulations!!!
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