Good grief! That would’ve been worth just getting a look at, for spectator’s sake, if nothing else! What a story!
Very nice. I need a nice SLQ for my type set- and I like the Type 1 coins. I’ve had ‘em in the past, of course, but find myself without either...
@Randy Abercrombie - Michael says we’re in the clear as far as the slab fees on that coin. So she’s all yours. COINgratulations! I think the...
Smells like an autocorrect
Aha! Here are my posts from the day I bought the coin, and fun photos of the shop visit. And the raw pics taken of it in the shop: [ATTACH]...
I too had forgotten this one and was initially clueless when Randy texted me pics of the coin in its new slab. I had bought it raw in my dealer...
BTW, I acquired this coin as part of a larger swap deal this Spring, for the equivalent of about 700 bucks in trade. I note the PCGS trend price...
Thanks. Probably the most sentimental piece in my collection, for obvious reasons. One I’ll pass down to the next generation (or maybe a...
Oh no!!! :facepalm:
Was on mine, too. I really wanted a gold shipwreck cob, but those are pricey. I did finally manage to acquire a gold cob, and it’s entirely...
I don't disagree with @Mat - I'll echo his VF35- but XF40 would not surprise me at all. Perhaps had an old cleaning somewhere along the way, but...
Mexico (Spanish Colonial) ca. 1618-1621 silver 8-reales of Philip III, from the São José shipwreck NGC Shipwreck Effect. Cert. #1973322-003....
United States: 1965 bronze specimen Lincoln Memorial cent, Special Mint Set issue PCGS SP66. Cert. #30322350. Numista-42, Krause-Mishler-201....
That IS a fascinating tale! What a treasure! I mean, that's an amazing coin to begin with, but ... with the pedigree... wow! As to my family...
United States (Champion Paper Co.): 1942 silver WW2 deployment medal presented to Logan Robertson Silver, 38 mm approx. Private issue....
The coin in the video might be a prop, but it does ring like good silver (or they dubbed that in). One wonders why there is a Ukrainian tryzub...
I've got one. :) [IMG]
Oh, wow! "Silver token, unknown". Love it! I think it's still on-topic, because we're still talking about JQA.
You might be surprised- you never know what kind of ancestors you might have in the woodpile. The further you go back in time, with the...
I'm vaguely familiar (and very awed by) that collection.
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