A 1652 Commonwealth shilling that will look cool alongside its relative with a pine tree on it (once I can buy one of those, that is). [IMG]
The more famous American shilling dated 1652 being much more expensive, I just added this to my collection in the mean time. [IMG]
Let's see, there's single, double, dimpled, bearded, weak, strong, double with extra jowls, ...
This just showed up today. It occupies a slot in my prime number date set and is also just plain cool. [IMG]
Quotes around the date usually mean the coin (in this case medal) is dated, but wasn't made in that year. This is typical of restrikes. A date...
1. 64BN, not PL. Mostly brown, free of nasty marks, but little spots keep it at 64 2. 53, not PL. 3. 50, not PL. Looks a little too smooth,...
Pretty much. Fortunately, we're beneficiaries of that greed in that there are lots of Oregon Trail commems available for the type collector, and...
The other thing that makes cherrypicking auctions difficult is the fact that when you first spot something you want, you have to wait until the...
Egad, and I've actually joked about harshly cleaned coins looking like they've been hit with a Scotch-Brite pad.
If a winner is not an SSDC member, $22 for annual dues will be deducted from the award. We all had a great time last year. The ANA even thinks...
Not only Ikes, but Kennedy halves. I've seen both a 77-D silver Kennedy and a 77-D silver Ike. There were supposedly 12 halves and 6 dollars...
Nope. Blew all my FUN money on the bourse floor.
The Society of Silver Dollar Collectors is sponsoring a full scholarship (tuition, room and board) to attend the "Collecting and Investing in...
Hard to cherrypick a "big boy" from Heritage. Lots of people looking, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't. Even if you don't get one as a...
I use Meguiar's PlastX, a soft cloth, and elbow grease. PCGS slabs take to being polished better than NGC slabs.
Not really. There is record of 12,000 having been struck. If I read it right, the Assay Commission report for 1895 shows 10 coins having been...
Zincolns aren't as durable as bronze cents. Zincoln Memorial cents will disappear by becoming non-useful, while the earlier ones will be...
I'm not crazy about the 85-O. It's nice, but I wouldn't pay a premium. The strike is quite weak and the toning has an unfortunate disruption...
Very attractive coin for the grade. I can't tell if the mirrors are at today's DMPL standards (my gut tells me PL), because those standards are...
Nice haul! I came home from FUN with a similar handful, then bid in the Heritage world coin sale this week. I might be grounded until Central...
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