I can remember feeling this when I walked the bourse floor of some big national shows. While I did not have any one specific coin in mind, I did...
Man, the mere sight of that early Dahlonega half-eagle makes my heart beat faster. What a stunning coin!
Thanks for the updates, y'all. I have been on hiatus (and will continue to be, for a little while), so the shipping info in Post #2 has not been...
Howdy. Neat piece. It's from the Netherlands, since that's the knight on their gold ducat coinage, but I don't recognize this smaller piece...
"In 1878, the building was destroyed by fire but the massive foundation remained intact. Today North Georgia College's Price Memorial Hall sits on...
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Here's the old thread about my daughter's first car.
Bingo. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hint: there was an old thread about the time I bought her first used car, last year. That ties in to the numismatic connection as well.
Yes, this topic has a relation to US coins. We'll get there. One of the handsome Victorian buildings on campus has a stone foundation with a...
I look forward to giving this report the full read it deserves when I am not on a poor mobile connection.
Thank you sir, for the update.
POTD, right there. :hilarious:
Curiosity forces me to ask what that is in your avatar?
No, I was responding to the nonsensical "sovereigns are not coins" message you said you got.
I remember that one!
I once bought a Wheat cent bulk lot that had a lot of cleaned pieces like that in it. But there were dirty coins, too. One was an otherwise nice...
Like @geekpryde said, some people like the mottled look. (I am not one of them.) I don't think it would be worth the hassle and expense of...
C'mon, that's a pretty awesome pedigree, never mind the appeal of the coin itself.
Nonsense and balderdash. Sovereigns are totally coins. Granted, they are "trade coinage", and usually sell as bullion, but they were legal...
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