Dang that is cool. https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4637777-028/70/ NGC database shows an edition of 200 pieces, some 69s mixed in. There are...
Knife, Drawer, Sharpener - one of these things is not in use...
@-jeffB (edit:added callout) Please check the RME for sample slabs for me. It misses the cutoff for the 3rd edition of the book, but the club has...
ANS did a preso Friday, with Eric Brothers: Long Table 141. Silver Coins and Chopmarked Coins in China, Up to 1873 https://numismatics.org/lt141/...
I can top that - I think I posted about this previously. Last October, I drove up to Oklahoma (~3 hours) for the 2nd day of a two-day show at the...
SPECIMEN are sample notes. Why not?
If you find a source to replace the missing screw, let me know - I need one for a USNA Photocert in a Capital holder I bought on Saturday.
And I saw them in a dealer's $1 junk box at the TNA show on Friday.
I'm calling it fake. Notice the serifs on the C don't look like the real thing... https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1889-cc-1/7190
Usually, the coins in those "collectible" cases are polished or plated and have no numismatic value.
But you could have done a lot better. Spot price doesn't always rise.
@johnmilton of course you mean "you can't sell really scarce items"
This chariot was driven only by a little old lady going to the Temple on Feast days.
Dang, you went there. I had just PMed @paddyman98 saying that I had standards (low, but standards) and I wasn't going to go there in public....
Always go to the legislation, especially if it calls for the death penalty!
Not quite correct @CoinCorgi https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/historical-documents/coinage-act-of-april-2-1792 Section 13 defines the...
We often discuss the difference between a type 1 blank and a type 2 planchet as "having been through the upsetting mill" which creates the...
Nice. Worked hard for many many years!
I don't think a coin or banknote ever has to apologize for being used for its purpose. I always think of those marks as badges of honor and wonder...
The Flying Eagle (1856 pattern, 1857-1858 circulation) and Indian Heads (1859-1864) are 88% Copper, 12% Nickel alloy, and have a whitish copper...
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