What they were worth at the bank fluctuated as gold or silver does today.
There seems to be a depression around the D as if it was pressed on the coins rather than coming from the die like all the other devices.
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I have a grandson that loves railroads. I gave him all my old switch keys - Burlington Route, CBB&Q, CRI&P, BN, etc. I had all of them from my...
So, I'm guessing that these parks never got exposed to the development fever. Nice. Thanks.
I think that contributed to my fortunate collecting period. I started just after WW II. People were not working. Families were just beginning. A...
What are the characteristics of these sites that give up so many old coins? Were they parks or public function areas of some kind? I know in my...
Never did any MD. But, my brother and I found an 1886 V Nickel in our back yard. Were digging a hole while playing. It was bout 2 feet down. Nice...
I've never seen that BNSF token before. I spent 10 years as a conductor on the BN.
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Joe, is that a linear plating blister on the 83?
When you are 150 years old you default to being special. That is a fine coin. I like coins with character. Coins that look like they worked for a...
Two old men, brothers, had a corner store a block from my house. They were getting near death when I was collecting. One of them saved every...
That is a keeper for sure. I would not redeem it.
I've decided to close the set and not upgrade. The entire album is "as found". There are some in there that are not so good, but, I found them and...
1953 P with die cracks on head. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Another one in that LWC set is a 1955 P with a lamination starting on Lincolns head and several die chips and die cracks on the reverse. Perhaps I...
My LWC set is sitting just as it was when LWC's were no longer plentiful in circulation. I opened the album today and started looking at them...
This coin is in my primary collection, my DANSCO. I have all but the very difficult 4 or 5. I found them in circulation when I was very young. My...
I found this one in my collections today. It has some rim to rim laminations on the reverse. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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