No need to explain. Life happens. I could swap war stories with you. I do believe with all my heart and soul that a pathway is set for folks that...
Blessings to you for caring for your mom. Good things happen to good folks and you certainly are one of those. Whatever you choose to do, I am...
I like it, Shrews! Certainly AU. She sure is purdy!
Yes it is. Didn’t see that previously. Wonder how that escaped back into the wild?
Jeez man. If I were in your situation it would kill me. After fifty years of collecting I have yet to bring myself to selling any coins. It would...
This is maybe the only time I would like to see the mintmark location under some high powered magnification. I first saw an “S”. Then after I read...
As @CoinBlazer says.... Simple toning. It is impossible to predict what sort of toning will occur once a coin leaves the mint. It all depends on...
Don’t have my resources handy but as I recall there were near a billion of these minted at the time. Keep in mind that the bicentennial quarter...
I think you just unknowingly found your answer. Plating a coin is cheap and easy. The golf trophy manufacturer wanted the finish of the coin to...
Now that you mention it. I believe you are exactly correct.
I happened to look at my change stacker and noticed a reeded edge in the nickel stack. An obvious mistake.... So my mind goes to wondering. Dimes,...
Ahhhh.... Wiesbaden. I have fond memories. Well, up until about the fifth Wiezen beer anyway!
Cool thread...... Best thing about my dealer? I can go fondle the coins. Being an old guy, I prefer to see and feel what I am attracted to. I...
I am going to offer some good old country wisdom here...... I been posting here a little better than a year. Still a new member to CT, really....
My dealer gives coins to kids that bring him report cards with A’s and B’s. It is such a locally popular event that I won’t go near his shop the...
Just wanted to offer an insight to your comment about being taught things that young minds would never need in life. I remember in the late...
Wow.... Makes me wish I would have cashed my last check in DM when I left Germany in the early 1980’s..... Ahh yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
I know this all sounds forward thinking and wonderful, but in all seriousness.... There is absolutely no practically associated with the idea of...
That is awesome! Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life.
When I was ten years old we were going to have manned colonies on the moon by the turn of the century... Computers were going to make us all lead...
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