I knew about the Big Maple Leaf theft. That getting melted is not as regrettable to me as if it had been some unreplaceable ancient artwork.
You can really watch him grow up on the coins.
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It’s exactly how I built my collection for the first decade or two. Cherrypick, sell, swap… keep trading up. And you learn a lot along the way.
That’s the kind of epic I mean! I’ve had a handful of cherrypicks like that over the decades.
At $2 the lot, I think you're in epic cherrypick territory. Well, maybe not epic (I've found 3-figure coins for pennies, for example), but...
Agreed! I've never found a V-nick. Only the occasional Buffalo (usually- but not always- dateless).
Roadkill for sure, but fun find, anyway!
Cool! Neat Babyhead Alfonsito.
Worth a shot, I think?
Thanks for clarifying that! Whoo, can you imagine? :nailbiting: :hilarious:
That's an understatement! That 1891 penny is quite sharp! Not the usual "slick Vickie" one sees in junkboxes! I'd say that would go XF by US...
Wow, that one's had a rough time of it in its short lifespan so far.
Ouch. What disgusts me even more than the theft is that some items were damaged with tool marks. Barbaric.
Ouch! :facepalm: But I do think you should be able to get by with a $13+ reholdering instead of a more expensive regrade, for the reason...
@Parthicus- your Round 7 winnings will go out to the mailbox tonight, to ship tomorrow, December 14th.
Thanks. This giveaway round is done now, but we’ve moved on to Round 8 as of this post. There are still several other rounds left to go as of...
Thanks for the update! You don't need to post pics if you don't want to. I just ask all the winners to post a receipt on the contest thread so I...
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True. It doesn’t make financial sense to submit it, but if you want it in a slab, slab it! I once put a $3 coin in a $50 slab, by choice.
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