that made me laugh out loud. I am a big fan too! Thanks Dave.
You should be writing American history books for the schools, @johnmilton !
I did a little local auction last week. I put a twenty dollar bid on this one and won it for thirteen. Thought it was a fun little win, but I...
Even being in a sealed capsule, these coins are banged out of a die and ejected into piles faster than you can imagine. It's entirely possible...
Well….. I believe that it is a pretty fair assumption that the US mint recognizes that us collectors tend to be an OCD leaning crowd and when we...
A full house.... And then some!
Well.... I suppose I am more of a purist. I don't believe you can overpay to hold history in your hands. Yes, intrinsically that was a bit too...
To me, this one is something of an anomaly. I know that the mint struggled with the nickel composition when they introduced it, so based on that I...
I was thinking more along the lines of passing as nickels concealed in a roll of nickels.
Yep... Texas cent.... Take a cent and lay it between a coupla pieces of leather and bang on it with a hammer. The layer of copper falls away and...
I heard those spend really well at the girlie joints.... I heard that... No, really... That's what I heard....
She would have been lovely if she hadn't been polished. Sadly, that appears to now be a damaged formerly very nice piece.
Sorry, but coins are very seldom a get rich quick vehicle.
Mimi… I had a small windfall in the late 90’s. I bought gold because I was a coin collector that had never been able to afford gold before. I got...
Yeah…. That whole “L in the rim” thing is nothing more than the product of an overworked die….. And wishful thinking by EBay marketers.
The great things about coins like this is that all the history that coin represents is there for you to hold and be in awe of…. But there is very...
I will say I am weak with Washington’s…. However I do recognize a gem quality coin when I see one… I am the MS67 vote.
Ancient Aliens? I’m watching too. Something about the dude with the hair. I’m not 100% convinced that he isn’t an alien himself.
He routinely peruses this thread for questions just like yours. He tends to show in the mornings. I’m sure you will hear from him soon.
Let me just offer this. Copper is the softest metal the mint used. It doesn’t take much effort at all to displace characters on copper coins and I...
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