You just keep telling yourself that, and keep away from our Mary Ann. :)
Absolutely. Paying a premium doesn't guarantee you a nicer coin, but holding out for a big discount is almost certain to get you a poorer one....
That does look quite similar to mine, especially the part behind Lincoln's back. Mine don't have the big incuse areas like you show to our left of...
Mike Diamond suggested in the thread I linked that it was due to contaminants smeared across the die prior to striking, probably from a dirty...
Better pay for them first. ;)
The problem is, if you advise a less-knowledgeable collector to seek out coins above book value, there are always plenty of sellers who will be...
I do prefer that obverse, although I think I prefer the torch to the sword. I think the arrows on the reverse look busy and out of place. Pretty...
It may be that you've never encountered the glazed look non-collectors give when you start expounding about coins. More likely, though, like many...
Meh, maybe. I like the designs, but I agree about the initials graffiti'd all over it. I can't imagine that it'll have nearly the after-market...
Do you ever suppose that, somewhere in the world, there might be someone who doesn't understand why anyone would collect "real" coins?
The problem, I think, is that the vast majority of the people receiving "rations of pain and misery" are not those who "screwed up".
Keep your eyes open for one of these... [IMG]
At the time, three cents was the cost of a postage stamp. I seem to remember that the $3 gold piece was also targeted for buying sheets of 100 stamps.
Yeah, I could still nit-pick about your photographic technique, but I don't think anyone can deny that it's the overdate based on the latest...
Cut it out! I've got mine, and I don't want the mintage to get much higher. ;)
I'm not sure in what sense you mean this. It's not like the common "wow, I almost didn't recognize that this coin was fake" threads. The buyer...
Updated mintage for the issue: 378 so far. Updated post count for this thread: 759 so far. I wonder if we can achieve a 3:1 post-to-coin ratio?...
I spent maybe 20 years living within an hour's drive of the Parkway, and go by its northern terminus (where it ends and Virginia's Skyline Drive...
I'm at a bit of a loss. Was this a Craigslist find? If so, the wisest thing might be to just drop it. If it were eBay, I'd want to report it, but...
So, what will you do about the person who's trying to sell them?
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