One of the great learning experiences of my life was when the price of silver was run up in late 79/80. I had been a collector since the age of...
@LakeEffect . Well done! Around here we always (jokingly) award each other "Gold Stars". Congrats and have a gold star. james
@cladking . Thanks but I prefer to wait for the AI Haiku. james
Very nice Franklin. I will put in for @The Half Dime again. Here is a pic of our friend fang checking out the Christmas tree. James [ATTACH]
You would be surprised by what a chance at more money will bring out of the woodwork, but it usually takes a spark or a kick start of some kind to...
@physics-fan3.14 . Thanks for the flashbacks and also for posting such a great coin. I truly wonder just how many of those jewels from that...
@Barberian . Excellent coins. Usually I am less than enthusiastic about Arrows & Rays coins but that one is a keeper. james
@Vess1. You can't really compare a coin like the Morgan to coins from the Seated era. They may overlap slightly, but the Morgan was a failed...
The entire topic of black specks isn't of my invention. I first started collecting Seated coins in 1996/7. All my prior experience had been...
@ToughCOINS . Personally I threw in the towel years ago when it came to Seated coins. I have only just started collecting Barber coins. It is...
@KBBPLL . @justafarmer . At anyone with numismatic experience. I have spent decades collecting Seated Coins and have basically learned that...
This looks like the kind of thing that a young collector named @The Half Dime would like for Christmas. I nominate the half dime to be my winner...
@Shrews1994 . Congrats. Now we just have to get Meowthekitty , thehalfdime and a few others some christmas cheer wins. James
My one, my only my 1899 Indian cent. May she someday gather a group of sisters. James [ATTACH]
@Micheal K. i have no dispute with what you have posted but you do raise an interesting question. Just what exactly DOES a 188 year old piece of...
Personally it is one of my pet peeves that people are 1 obsessed with the idea a coin from say 1837 is suppose to be "strictly original" to be...
This is the second coin you have posted with a die crack thru the first few stars. Die cracks always make coins much more interesting. I cannot...
OK, first up. I collected pretty much nothing but Seated coins for over 35 years. I have looked at around 30,000 to 40,000 coins either in hand...
Very cool. do they have a one size fits all version or do you have a choice of coin designs. james
First I would like to enter @Shrews1994 as my contestant to get the prize. here is my cheerful story. Our daughter paid for us to see a live...
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