Oh man.... I remember that like it was yesterday...... Problem is, I can't remember yesterday....
Looks like a fine start to a collection to me! Welcome to CT. I might suggest you get yourself a copy of the Redbook of US Coins. Invaluable...
If a food product came in the container it should be fine.
Nawww.... We just say “the fed, y’all”....
OP..... Look.... you have garnered the attention of some of the most numismatically educated old coots around. Please understand that you set the...
Here’s where my thinking is. You are a young collector and likely don’t have a great deal of cash laying around. I collected for many years with...
I am just glad I tuned in today or I would have missed an education on out of series high relief Jefferson moon tribute nickels. I gotta have one now.
Well darn...... Now you have me wondering what a Franklin Bicentennial half would have looked like!
That is a blatant cast piece. I don't think I would call it a copy. More like a token or something you would pick up in a gift shop. Not a coin.
I see that I mistyped the date. Bet that made me look like the sharpest tool in the shed..... Yes, I meant to say 1943 copper. SO that was a phony...
It is an interesting question. I bet Franklin's would have made the transition to clad then died a slow death in the late 1990's. I doubt that...
Here I am supposed to be setting a boss-like example in my office and this had me laughing like a danged hyena....
I think she is beautiful just the way she is. But that's just me. I bet @okbustchaser would have the right answer to your question.
Temperature changes and moisture are your enemies. I am like you and try to deter toning on my coins. I keep them either in TPG holders or...
Cool examples. Welcome to CT.
I must have missed it when you told us about that. Congratulations!!!
Don't misunderstand..... I am not saying automobiles shouldn't have airbags now that we are sophisticated enough to know they do save lives. I am...
@Noah Finney I see you now have a gold Indian in your avatar. I know you had been dreaming of owning one. Is that yours or a dream photo from the web?
Slightly off course...... Wasn't there a major automobile manufacturer of the day that had publicly offered a new car back in the day in trade for...
I had two lefties in my platoon way back when. Simple add on brass deflector was the answer.
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