I was hoping you’d roll that one out. Yours is the only one I’ve seen in hand. I guess they copied that design from the Continental military...
Thanks. As to the French Colonial coins, I have an as-yet unpicked bulk lot of several pounds that’s chock full of that sort of stuff. Mostly...
Love those mid-20th century French colonial coins.
Who knew this would achieve megathread status? :)
We are still in recovery mode from Hurricane Helene here. Thankfully I have power and water back on at home, and the power is restored at work,...
The 3cN (sorry I still haven’t had a chance to photograph it), is not a fantastic example (though it’s not awful, either). As I recall, it’s an...
I also like my 1799 dollar more. :) [ATTACH]
As is the case for most of us.
I’m excited for all of you. I hope I get an interested grandkid one day.
Whoa, an 1808 quarter eagle! Isn’t that the one-year type? (OK- I looked it up. Yeah. Only 2,710 of the entire type struck. Then factor in...
Same year as mine. Nice color. Cool OGH (old green-label holder).
Ooh, I like that! Given what Napoleon got up to over the following 14 years, however, that 1801 Franco-British peace medal was unfortunately...
The obvious spam post was removed (as well as its author). Some of the posts flagged as AI were not.
Banned and removed.
Below are the before-and-after shots of the coin in the OP. After acquiring it from @Al Kowsky in a swap (for this), I sent it off to NGC, and...
@hbarbee- I see you also entered the Collectors Universe giveaway (which is great). But over there, you posted your entry in the announcement...
Nice color on that one.
Huh?
That would be richly ironic, given the political proclivities of my neighbors, as evidenced by their yard signs. And that is all I’m gonna say...
Saw that! One or two of ours that vanished were microchipped. Never heard more. Harper, alas, is not.
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