I have always loved those, and love the color a circulated example of the type typically acquired over time. So much so that I too have been more...
I don’t know where most of the ones on the collector market came from, but Sergei of Metal Detecting World (one of the best- if not the best-...
“Found in circulation”. THAT set is gonna take some time to complete! (Like a few lifetimes.) But bravo! Epic quest! (If a rather Herculean...
I’d love to see it! Don’t remember it. (There are more and more of those “don’t remember” scenarios for me as time goes on. LOL)
I should add that when I completed the series, it was only in G-XF. My 1877 was VG-ish but had a little machine damage across the headband. But...
I’d say that’s avatar-worthy!
That’s another great CircCam. I daresay the contrast on yours is even a tad nicer.
Really. I mean, you’d have to resort to a sack or something, wouldn’t you? More than a couple of those things, and pockets would be out of the...
Wow! Below melt!
Well, I did get it from @CircCam, after all! ;)
Now there’s a proper looking hoard!
PS- I should also note that if you use the Lighthouse brand slab album pages, which fully enclose the slab (unlike the Eagle brand pages), you...
It’s still a Bust half! Never met one I didn’t like.
That’s a very handsome display. I loved type collecting and enjoy looking at type sets more than the sameness of date-and-mint collections that...
Yep. A sound motto to stick by, though I would say “quality” rather than “grade”. That’s an important distinction. If you don’t follow that...
Mine is a mere sixpence. I’d have gone for a shilling, but they didn’t put dates on those during Elizabeth’s reign. For some reason, only the...
I love that, and it would be welcome in my collection any day, but it's too expensive for me! I'm a three-figure guy at best. I've only owned...
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