[IMG] The OP came here to show off the great new coin he bought. Just sayin'...
I think not!
I do too. If it's raw and particularly if it's circulated, it's almost certain to have something on it that needs to come off.
The inherent risk of collecting series and sets — invariably the tail ends up wagging the dog. Exactly. Defining the set can be half the fun!...
With all due respect, I didn't 'dis' anyone. I merely expressed a personal preference, along with an explanation of why. I don't care what others...
Guess I shouldn't have shorthanded it . . . "Manufactured for the purpose of appealing to collectors, versus manufactured for the purpose of...
I second this. I own a few commemoratives, but manufactured collectibles just don't trip my trigger. Feel the same way about state quarters,...
Putting it mildly.
0.5 seconds? What? Like I'm sitting around doing nothing and have that kind of time to waste? :-) Seriously . . . duh, didn't occurred to me...
Whoa there, easy does it. All I said was that I don't get the appeal. People can (and do) collect whatever they want. Live and let live, I say....
My suggestion to the U.S. Mint: Forget your web site. Outsource it to experts, and then focus 100% of your energy on repairing the tarnished...
I guess I'm the only person here who doesn't know what a coin ring is (I've been hoping one of you would post a pic so I wouldn't have to reveal...
Very nice! I'm envious!
While world coins in general are hit-and-miss on Ebay, I haven't found that to be the case with British coins specifically. There are many to be...
Sorry, forgot to cover this question in my previous post. To each his own, of course, but no, I don't think complete year sets would be the best...
I started semi-seriously collecting British coins a few years ago after a couple of visits to England piqued my interest, and since then I've...
It's a piece of plastic with no intrinsic value. I don't get the appeal, but then I don't get Beanie Babies, collector spoons or matchbook covers...
That's true. Although, while I have my share of proofs and commemoratives, I don't get the same level of satisfaction from them that I do with...
It's bad luck to not pick up a found coin. My son told me that, so it must be true.
I seriously doubt the US Mint will ever produce another coin actually worth collecting, so what they make them out of is a non-issue. Recycled...
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