*BANG!* You have an instant and rather fatal encounter with a .69 caliber Minié bullet. Game over. Reset button. You may try again if you like.
I like it. I thought about Philadelphia and proof coins, too. Is that your choice, or are you going to the ruins of Richmond? Remember, y’all...
@Randy Abercrombie - it’s your fault for sending me down this rabbit hole of a daydream.
By all means, plan out your adventure, and join in when you're ready.
This one is on the US Coins forum, because the prize is an old US coin.
If this contest (#54) is too much work for you, Giveaway #53 is still running as of the time of this post. The drawing for that will be at...
4/19/21: The giveaway portion of this thread is now CLOSED. Winners were announced in Post #84 and Post #88. However, if you'd like to keep...
Don't do it! If your great-great-(great?)-grandpappy happens to catch a stray bullet in some shoot-em-up (which is inevitable, given people's...
I laid out a similar hypothetical "time travel barter scenario" in this old thread, which also happened to be one of my first CoinTalk giveaways....
It's a good plan. But what would be more practical than a cigarette lighter, in an age of flint and steel tinderboxes? Or a flashlight? The...
You exaggerate just a bit. ;) Per this inflation calculator, which can only be set as far back as 1800 and only takes full dollar amounts, a...
DEAL!!! Psst! Hey, 1793 Man on the Street... wouldn't you like a nice MP3 player or cigarette lighter or flashlight for that single new red cent...
That was certainly what sold me on that particular Austrian coin.
I think you did just fine, for the money.
No, I've often had the same meandering thoughts. But think about how much else in the 21st century would blow their minds, had you gone back to...
I'm in suspense. I wouldn't be surprised to see MS (if only details, perhaps). I'll stick with my earlier AU55 assessment, however, in the...
And I am sure that practice has served you well over time. When it's my money on the table, I try to be the same way.
While I'd have put the numerical details grade higher, I can agree with most of that. Solid coin for XF price, indeed. But maybe not something...
Yes, and that's something to look for on an unmolested upper-AU coin. If it doesn't have trace luster, it might have been cleaned.
I think that assessment was a tad on the strict side, but opinions always vary on grading topics like this. I would put your coin at AU55-58,...
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