What the Paddyman said.
No offense taken. It was a calculated move, and from a historical and aesthetic standpoint, it does look rather misguided in some ways. I...
Because they weren't trying to spell "specimen". You see, Danny Kaye was, in addition to being a popular comedian, also an Italian astronaut....
Glad to hear it. :) You'll find something really cool one day. Besides a (-9,966) year-old-penny, I mean. That is, if we don't all die of...
No, I believe you're mixing them up with the rare and also-coveted NGC black slabs. I've seen these Danny Kaye PCGS Regency holders around....
Gee, that's pretty steep for a VF30 1937 Walking Liberty half! J/k- I know that was a typo in the date. 1837 RE half. Gotcha. Just made me go,...
That is indeed a pretty cool sketch but I'm not so sure how it would've looked in the final, metallic, three-dimensional, struck version.
He could've taken off that pirate hat and stepped out onto the street in the late 1960s or early 1970s and looked completely normal with that...
Oh, yes, I remember rabbit-ear antennas, snowstorms of static, and only having three channels. If there was breaking news and the president came...
Nice to see a type set in progress. Fun stuff. Brings back fond memories of the Dansco-7070 sets I built in the 1990s. I think the green...
I never saw much Captain Kangaroo. Was more Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street in our household. I was allowed to watch Star Trek when I got a bit...
Hey, you can expect a scratch or two on a coin that has traveled backwards in time over 9,966 years! :p At least it isn't glowing from radiation...
So... yeah. On a personal, and totally non-political (but definitely biased) note, here is MY American icon. Evelyn Elizabeth Robertson (neé...
I pity the fool that tries to steal a bite out of Rosie the Riveter's sammich! She looks as though she could put a serious bruisin' on any...
BTW, below is the coin which I just swapped for this Bust half in the OP. Normally this nice Mint State 1723 British shilling would appeal to me...
This very same Monitor token sold for $340 in the 2010 Stacks-Bowers Baltimore sale, I believe, though through some lucky and/or strategic bidding...
On my CU forum thread about this swap, "epcjimi1" shared these pictures. "Peacock Door at the C.D.Peacock Jewelery Store at the Palmer House...
I'm saving my "Peacock moment" until I'm somewhere with better light.
Admittedly, we did go a bit astray.
The Peacock has arrived. I have not opened the package just yet.
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