Because I liked it. 1828 O-121a PCGS 45.[ATTACH]
While the plus was likely a display of the sense of humor in the grading room with respect to this piece, I'll leave open the possibility that...
Starting July 1, details to be released then, grousing to commence now. Good move on their part, as far as I'm concerned....
Picked up a couple nice coins for my prime number set, including one to start filling in the 16th century. [IMG] [IMG]
This guy showed up in the mail today. 1601 1/24 Thaler from Hildesheim. [IMG]
Got back from 2 1/2 days at the FUN show Sunday morning. A good time, as always. I got to meet up with the usual band of VAMpires while there, as...
Just got these two for the set. [IMG] This one has a nice doubled die reverse. [IMG]
My US New Year's newp is a 1893-CC Morgan (VAM 4) with one of the Cs of the mint mark filled with schmutz. I've seen this before on this die pair,...
Brett Charlville, the new PCGS President, that is. He's reaching out to people who registered for the FUN lunch for a quick intro and to let us...
A 1721 2 Reales from the recent Newman sale that fits in my "Coins Circulating in Early America" set as well as my prime number set. A twofer! [IMG]
Now taking orders for my 2019 coin calendar. $16 (includes shipping in the US) gets you a wall calendar with a different coin photo that I've...
There was a thread a while back on the PCGS boards where I mentioned seeing coins with both strike doubling and repunched mint marks. This one on...
I visited the Staatliche Münzsammlung München today. Nice exhibit of medieval and earlier coinage, as well as medals into the early 20th century....
This showed up today. 1619 Krone from Denmark. [IMG]
As of today, the old VAMWorld, hosted by Wikispaces since 2006, is no longer accessible. It's replacement, VAMWorld 2.0, has been live for a...
As of last night, the migration of the old, Wikispaces-based VAMWorld to the new platform was declared complete enough* to redirect the...
I've been keeping people on the new VAMWorld discussion board updated with what's going on regarding the sun setting on Wikispaces and the...
Just picked up a nice 1723 Wood's Hibernia Farthing. I think I now have 4 coins for the 1723 slot of my prime number set (Rosa 1p, 2p, this guy,...
For the fourth time, I've had the pleasure of teaching the Collecting and Investing in Morgan Dollars class at the ANA Summer Seminar this week....
I spent Thursday through Saturday at CSNS parked at James Sego's very busy table shooting pictures of some "Eclectic Numismatic Treasures," some...
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