German States (Saxony, Albertinian line): 1564-HB silver thaler of Augustus, Elector of Saxony NGC XF details (cleaned). Cert. #2183137-001....
United States: 1855-O silver Seated Liberty half dollar, arrows at date PCGS XF40. Cert. #48067405. Numista-14903, Krause-Mishler-82....
I went with the Saint, and was not surprised that was the majority vote.
Yes. Definitely cool. I too recently picked up an "IOU" CWT, at the FUN show. It's in my giveaway inventory. Come and get it! :) [ATTACH]...
Really, Sal? :rolleyes:
This.
There's no accounting for people's taste, I reckon.
It is my "road less traveled" pursuit. Some people do lowballs. I do holeys.
Capricorns count as mythical beasties. I'm not sure how the two on this coin count as capricorns, since you can't see their fishy tails, but...
I dislike that practice. Don't like restrikes of old designs. Even when the design was a great one. I got a pair of the modern Morgan and Peace...
For the record, I have never sold to Littleton, and haven't bought from them since the 1970s. So I was only repeating secondhand information there.
I too had to Google "URS numbers". And then I had to change the keywords to "URS numbers numismatics" to get a relevant result. I was unfamiliar...
Nah, it makes sense. That's one reason I like proofs. They're the best representation of how a coin's design was intended to look (under optimal...
From an ancient PCGS Registry type set I had about 25 years ago. (I used a flatbed scanner for images back then.) [IMG]
Your Balbinus caught my eye. He's one that I've never owned. I did have a Pupienus sestertius once, and it was a Wildwinds plate coin, but alas,...
Good morning, and welcome to February 13th. (Yikes! Friday the Thirteenth! LOL) Today we move into the dimes. Because we're working on a Dansco...
Ah! I just remembered I have one of these in my current giveaway inventory. :) Anybody who wants a chance at it is welcome to enter Giveaway...
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