I understand why you would question the holder. I used to collect 1950’s proof sets and it seemed I always found them in Capital plastic. For...
Coin collectors are odd critters. I love a blast white coin and my best buddy wants them all toned up and crusty looking. I happen to think chop...
Well get it now while you can still see it. I waited until I was 61 to finally get one and I can’t enjoy it with my old man eyes!
Well, think about it. When a die rotates, the images furthest from the center will display the most doubling. The devices in the center will...
Now that is cool. I once got a worn flat V-nickel in change at the beach... I couldn't imagine finding a shield nickel in the wild. That's very cool!
I heard that!
Very, very cool, Paddy. Yeah, I too have my Whitman cent books that I 90% filled in the 60’s and 70’s. I filled those remaining impossible holes...
Well then Dave.... How bout lets stop wondering and lets open them together?
Well played sir! I believe I may like your proof the best.
Wow!!
SBA’s are cool because it was our nation’s first foray into small dollars. Unfortunately the public didn’t care for them so they saw very little...
I sent my grandson who is a budding numismatist a two cent with a 180 degree rotation. I challenged him to tell me what was different about that...
I am not a collector of modern proof sets but a few years back, Santa thought my boy may need one from his birth year…. I had forgotten about the...
Twenty years ago my son worked the weekend at a flea market sweeping and emptying trash so he could buy me a set of fake Morgan’s for Fathers Day....
Looks like you have yourself a solid dealer. I had to stop giving my guy “want lists”. He was getting too good at filling them for me!
Me too! I had to go back and read that one a few times.
Hi Evelyn….. Dealing with antiques, you probably know that most common items aren’t worth what many owners feel their prized possessions are truly...
I’m sorry. That’s just funny as heck to me. I don’t know why they do it either. I been on a mission to put all my slabs in plastic sleeves. Now...
Calling @paddyman98
I get it. It is a hobby so you like what you like……. Some years back I wanted to put a high end seated type set together. My finest pieces that I...
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