Those new coins that divide up the coat of arms are sure weird. I wasn't sure what I thought of 'em at first, but they've kind of grown on me....
We recently took a long southwesterly transatlantic journey from Iceland to the Bahamas (surprising, but legit!) so let's now do a long...
Yes/No what?
Aha. Naturally I did not know this. I gather then that the holograms are on some kind of tapelike strip that is applied during the manufacturing...
Yep, just appears to be heavy circulation wear, is all.
@dwhiz- were your ears burnin'? That's your post that was mentioned.
Welcome. Sorry you won't make a mint by selling those, but they're quite handsome. (Now the original 18th century medals those restrikes were...
Serapis Neat coin. PS- whoa, check out this gold medallion shown on that Wikipedia page! [IMG]
Weird flan, for sure. I kinda see what you're talking about but am not convinced it's lettering. Perhaps just irregularities in the surface?...
Neat watermarks. I know nothing about paper currency, but I think I might've spent some of those when I was over there in 2013. I know I had...
I did buy this tonight. ;) Price was right. Looks like I won't get hired as a product photographer, but I do have some qualifications as a...
I'm going to PM you a link to where the QE1 sixpence is for sale. Like you, I think it's a great grab at the price, but I'm going to hold out for...
All this talk of Anglo-Saxon things makes me lament the loss of my Aethelred penny last month. :( There was good reason for that, though. I...
Oh, good. Glad it's not just me. Yes, a head-scratcher for sure, and I stand by my earlier concern over the "shaving cut", but perhaps I was too...
I agree. I've done well with the older PCI green label slabs. My best cherrypick of all time came in one. It was a 1904 $20 PCI green label MS...
I had a somewhat similar piece, but not silver, nor 7oz! (wow) [IMG] As the text in that old picture indicated, my carrying that medal as a...
Where's the "Like+++" button?
Oh, I totally get what you mean about having an "OC heart". Took me a long time to "declutter", as you call it (hadn't heard of that book). It...
OK, "plate doubling" is a new one on me, despite 41 years of collecting. But doubled dies have never particularly interested me. Still, I...
I shall defer to your experience, then. The only Jeffs I've ever collected (aside from a few in type sets) have been circs plucked from roll hunting.
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