What is this "goodbye" thingie you're talking about? My collection is like the Hotel California; coins can check in any time they like, but they...
My numismatic resolutions for 2018 were the same as ror every year--including next year... Buy more coins. I did, so mission accomplished.
Here are the differing edges in the order of production for 1809. The mint started the year using the plain edge (112, 113, 114, 115, and 111);...
And an XF 1827 Overton 149 bust half dollar isn't worth well into 6 figures (or even more) to most collectors, either. Doesn't mean it isn't...
Yep, and using coins to purchase items is also a form of barter. The only difference is the entity that determines the value of the proffered...
At what time? It still occurs daily.
One CAN spend chickens or eggs, too. Doesn't make them "money".
Not really. Back in the late 1970s when I first started collecting halves by Overton die marriage it was "common knowledge" there were too many...
I've said pretty much the same thing for years. I have come to the idea that one shouldn't necessarily buy the keys last, however. While I would...
Not thousands...but I do own over 250 1827 half dollars in all grades from worn-out cull to MS.
Not a problem. No way from my post for you to know. Hope you and your wife aren't really in danger of splitting up over a hobby.
I suspect that the models for most classic coins are dead as well.
Looking back over my post, yes, it does appear that we might have split up...:oops: Actually, we had 27 great years together before she passed in...
Not exactly "repurposed" as the die was never used in 1821...merely an old die pulled off the shelf when needed.
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