Send me to the gallows..... Years ago when I assembled my Ike collection, I was not the careful numismatist that I am now. A recent thread about...
Was at a jewelers Shop last week. Happened to purchase an 1899 gold eagle from him while I was having my wife’s necklace repaired and I mentioned...
Was looking at another thread that brought a question to mind that has me perplexed. I understand the minting process and have a firm...
I been needing a coin fix lately but have not had the time to go to any of my favorite haunts. Wife asked me last night to carry a necklace to a...
Getting moving this morning and thinking it is a good day to go see my dealer. Worked hard and deserve a reward.... So I am mentally inventorying...
Afternoon off, Christmas is put away and have bought the kids fireworks so I turned on the TV and put my old dogs up. According to the TV guide,...
Doing some winter work on my old boat. While replacing the clear plastic windscreen for the second time in twenty years it occurs to me that...
My grandmother passed several months back. When I came home, I returned with grandma’s coin purse that held her small coin collection. I was...
As long as I been playing with coins I have never purchased from the mint. I will be buying the Apollo commemoratives when they become available...
I have been a vocal opponent of the TPG’s. However I do love their on line authentication service and use it regularly. If I am buying a coin on...
Jeez!!! A roll of Morgan’s dropping on the little toe with enough velocity to shatter the plastic tube translates to a busted little toe I think....
All the recent discussion about storage has me concerned about a set that is meaningful to me. This is a birth year proof set that was gifted to...
I am a hobbyist. I know my way around the coin world, but readily admit I am not an educated numismatist. So this may very well qualify as a dumb...
I often purchase rolls of cull dollars. They are easy to stack and have the added bonus of being numismatically interesting to me. Been doing so...
Spending a holiday morning reading a book to my kindergartener that he checked out of his school library about knights and castles. Was pleasantly...
Well.... As it goes. Closed up shop early today. Very out of character for me. So what to do but visit my favorite dealer..... I been telling...
I been plundering along fifty years buying coins here and there. Mostly with trusted dealers. Lately with some super guys here on CT and have...
OK.... So I been deeply steeped into US coinage almost my entire life. This ancient part of the forum has intrigued me since I joined CT. The...
I have a set of war cents that came from my grandmother’s small collection I have wondered about. What are the schematics to ID a reprocessed...
There are frequent discussions here about cracking and resubmitting coins in hopes of a better grade. Knowing that this isn’t an uncommon...
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