Nice pics :thumb: The '82 is a 63, '83 a 63 - 64 on a good day, '84 a 63.
The pics are better, while I can't see any hairlines - it's been rubbed on or by something. That's what caused all the frost breaks. And it does...
Don't know as I'd go that far Bone - I just read a couple books :D But thanks for the kind words.
I didn't like it the last time they changed. But this one, the change is not so radical. I got used to it pretty quick. Things change, that's life...
I like world coinage the best, particularly the hammered gold. But there was plenty of silver that I liked too. Why ? I liked the designs, the...
It just depends on how well ya know the person Chris - or how well they know you. Then all is understood ;)
That's a toughy. I've paid that much for coins that I had not yet seen in hand, but only from a dealer that I had a long relationship with and...
Well, when it comes to errors I screw up more than I am right, but a struck thru die cap is just like sounds. A planchet becomes stuck on the...
That was a loooooong time ago Speedy. You've come a long ways since then ;)
And it wasn't meant as a correction or a clarification Mike - you asked, I answered. Your points are well founded.
It's a beauty !! What else can ya say but that :thumb:
He was paying you a compliment there pal. Congratulating you for not being as stupid as we are ;)
True that !! Of course, people don't like to believe that either ;)
Easy, people love to gamble ;) They find it easier to believe in 2 in the bush than they do 1 in the hand. Of course it doesn't hurt that they...
Well, since the definition of a Proof is a method of manufacture - not who the coin is sold or presented to - and the method of manufacture is...
Why not ? I do it all the time :rolling:
When you received your shipment there was a return address label along with it. Just fill it out and mail it back.
OK, now I'm offically jealous. :D I got my preview catalog for that one a couple months ago, but the main catalog hasn't made it yet :mad:
The 2nd coin was minted in Spain and is worth about $75. The first about $25. Both are fairly common coins.
The recommendation for the the basic monetary units of a dollar and its decimal coinage ratio and that they be made of copper, silver and gold was...
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