OP…. Welcome to CoinTalk. I was a very prolific coin spooner when I was a kid…. It takes a very long time but you can tap the edges of a coin and...
What could EVER be wrong with collecting money? Yes, a lifelong addiction. I have three safes and a safe deposit box. Moderation you say? Ha!!...
Mmmmm…. One of my favorites. I do love me a seated lady. Add arrows and and rays and that makes her just about perfect….. Like the others, it’s...
I am a big fan of the seated series. I think the most striking obverse is a seated Lady Liberty with an uncluttered background….. Considering that...
Any 18th century piece with a readable date falls into the super cool category for me.
I am fortunate to have been a rabid collector of US coins since before the TPG’s and can absolutely say that yes, gradeflation is very real. We...
Here she is. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I wish I did. It always tickles me when folks post the double head/tails pieces that they found roll hunting or whatever. I never had the fortune...
Yep. Pam is a treasure to be sure. I absconded with her seated half and she too included a coupla bonus item in my package…. Too early for photos...
I used an old cotton tee shirt. I banned microfiber cloths from my life after I slowly ruined a $200.00 pair of glasses and discovered micro...
Whatever a coupla rabid bidders would pay. There is no benchmark so Lord only knows.
That's a cool hack.... Years ago when I finally reached a place in life where I could start getting some of the nicer coins that I dreamed of my...
I bought my first Redbook in 1976 and used that exclusively until I needed the large print version a few years back.. I keep it as it reminds me...
I think most any coin shop would be a solid bet for picking up large cents. I don't know that I have ever been in a shop that didn't have a fine...
Didn't President Woodrow Wilson demand that the mint produce attractive coin designs because he was fed up with Barber's designs and that was how...
She is QUITE handsome!
I would like to enter for @masterswimmer grandson. Those are some super cool looking stones.
Yeah..... Mountains of these were produced. The mint struck them for two years. I was a coin crazy kid when they came out and it does my heart...
Yeah... Too bad. It didn't leave the mint like that. Who knows why people do the things that they do to poor unsuspecting coins.
Good things come back to those that do good. I firmly believe that.... I too am not a minutia fellow. If I were I would lose my mind studying the...
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