It's all online. Mostly. Sometimes you run into somebody at a big coin show. Or even arrange to meet. Somebody like Charmy takes pix and that...
No, I'm purely an amateur. With a big mouth and fast fingers (typing snarky answers to questions). I do seem to be a little better at digging out...
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Last time I posted on this (ATS): http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=186202 I was pointed here:...
I wrote this up last night but apparently the system lost it and I'm too lazy to search it out again. Do a search in Florida for fictitious...
They are the only company who will slab - in a special, "for educational" label - contemporary counterfeits. But isn't that how smaller animals...
All of the TPGs have their niches and special features. Some people like the square shape and top label of SEGS' case. The ICG notch is actually...
Many people forget (deliberately) ICG (which eBay permits) and SEGS (not permitted on eBay listings)
Quite true. In some states these obligations come ahead of everything else including say current pay for public servants. In others they're just...
Civil Service pay is the cause of the problem. Civil servants accepted lower pay in exchange for better long-term retirement benefits....
And that's it in a nutshell... anybody can make money cherry picking the profitable customers. But USPS Must deliver to every address Gets no...
USPS has BILLIONS of dollars in unfunded pension and retireee healthcare liabilities, 404-335 = 69 (by their own estimates, they just don't think...
They (the negatives) are still in the museum/library (I think it's technically the museum and I mis-spoke above).
Me neither... they were returned in a poly bag in side a PVC flip. The ledgers are in the ANA library - I viewed them in December. But they stop...
Yes, ANACS began in DC (close to the Smithsonian reference collection) and moved to CS. This is one of the later photo certs from Conder's...
I'm with the group that thinks she looks better than she really is... In the words of the CW song: I went home at 2 with a 10 and woke up at 10...
Loved the report. One of these years I HAVE to get to FUN. 1000 tables is just insane. My wife wants to know if Penny thinks she is allowed on...
Small rotations like this are quite common. At 10% you are getting up to the noticeable level on simple inspection which makes it cool but not...
Yes, it's a US 3 cent silver (3CS is the common abbreviation). They were known as 'fish scales' or trimes and are the smallest (14mm) US Silver...
Looking back over this thread, I think David's comment hits the key... the 50SQ program isn't for serious collectors/numismatists... it's the...
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