Wow! Gorgeous coin.
At our shows in Raleigh, we typically get a cross section of most age groups — kids, young adults, middle agers and oldsters. The one group that's...
Late to this thread due to travel. I keep my pocket change in two metal coin banks rendered in the style of British phone booths. I brought...
I think a lot of coin shops these days are first and foremost bullion shops. Bullion is easy to understand for buyers and sellers alike. Bullion,...
Another vote against the Dansco. Those CCs are too nice to risk it. As for the OCD need to have things organized (yeah, we get that!) Lord M's...
Cleaning is acceptable. Improper cleaning isn't.
That's a stunning parade of coins, Rob. Thanks for sharing.
Duh. Of course. All of that goes without saying. But it does nothing to temper the incredulity that someone would find that coin desirable to the...
To each his own, but I think you're over-thinking it. If a few die polishing lines didn't bother PCGS, why should they bother you? Should you...
I have a lot of world crowns in my collection, although this particular issue hadn't really been on my radar. Stumbled across the listing, put in...
The question isn't natural or artificial. The question is why would anyone pay $507 for it.
True, but it's known as the buffalo nickel, so it's hard to discuss that coin without using biologically incorrect terminology.
Got it. I went back and took a closer look. Hard to figure out where the BIOT offerings fall on your fantasy-versus-real spectrum.
Buffalo.
Not clear on what you mean by "fantasy coins". They're certainly real, but NCLT. As a collector of British Empire coins, I wouldn't be...
You did good, OP. Real good. Coin shows are fun, aren't they?
I'm very, very late to this thread, but I wanted to tell @Randy Abercrombie how much I enjoyed this story. Your mom sounds like a wonderful woman...
Why is that? How did you come to possess it?
A lot of different things. You should look around the site.
Just the online version. Does that count?
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