I suppose that's the downside to picking from the cull bins. My favorite shop near me has a super cheap assorted cull selection sometimes. Like I...
As some of you may know by now, I'm fond of older US coins in all sorts of conditions. Morgans are my favorite, but I will buy any denomination at...
Binary is all 0's and 1's, radar is palindrome (but with numbers) or repeaters (I think), and fancy is lots of leading 0's (I think 5 is the...
When asked by the bank tellers how I would like my money during a large cash withdrawal, I've been tempted to (jokingly) reply "500's, binary,...
I've juggled the thought of coin roll hunting. Getting old silvers for face value is definitely intriguing, but I'm not sure if I want to invest...
Yeah, there's the smallest hint of the "G" that I can see. Looking at graded examples for these shows both a complete lack of it as well as the...
That's what is really getting my curiosity going. My recent post regarding my Washington proof dealt with something similar to this. The...
Here it is, along with the rest of the SMS. I can't tell if the mark are on the flat or the coins though. Looking like another snow day tomorrow...
Chicken noodle soup and garlic bread was dinner last night. I make my own stock (chicken, turkey, and beef in rather large batches, and lamb stock...
I'm not really upset or worried about the inspection. I've been in the trade for over 22 years now and was brought up in the ibew. Left when work...
Electrician, but I am paired up with a carpenter and we work together at times.
About to eat dinner here and I've got a small job to get ready for inspection tomorrow but I'll post some pictures of it soon!
Finally managed to get these out of the capsules for some slightly clearer pictures. Still haven't gotten to setting up for some 108MP shots,...
Haha! It kind of looks like it! Hotdog with mustard maybe?
Well that stinks! What do you think that yellowish looking stuff could be? I didn't have much luck looking it up online, but I'm not privy to...
Yup! It was in the tiny little cellophane prison for long enough. Now he's free and able to be admired properly. I'll eventually get a direct-fit...
Got bored here at home so I decided to free this Washington proof from it's little bag and see what was hiding underneath that layer of plastic....
Just going through some of my previous purchases and noticed these spots on both obverse and reverse of a 1967 SMS Kennedy. Can anybody tell me...
Thank you!
I had noticed this excerpt from NGC regarding die adjustment strikes vs strike through, but thinking about it more, your explanation does make...
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