I was about to let this one pass but got good news tonight so pulled the trigger just before the auction ended... The good news? well my VA case...
I'll give myself a 1/2 point on that one :D but I'll blame it on the mediochre pictures lol :D
Yeah yeah, Shellback, order of the rock, Bluenose, Frozen stiff and even a Mossback... (going round the horn is scary poop) I been around :D...
I really like that one green :D
I'm on a quarter kick at the moment so here are some silver ones :D[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Ok here is a simple description, these are coins minted on a "burnished" planchete.. In this case "burnished" means "sandblasted" with a very fine...
Almost called her details myself before checking the Vam listing (coulda saved a lot of time if I had read down 1st lol) 8A no doubt and that...
Admitedly the coin is badly abused with pmd... but that has got to be some of the worst DDD I've ever seen on any coin... Nice catch :D
Trust me when i say I have over a dozen SF coins now... that 69 is the highest grade i've yet to lay my hands on (most 67-68) can't really argue...
I got 2 from the pcola :D (I wanted to show front and back on the shelf lol)[ATTACH]
worst case they will have the 1oz ones later this year/next year one way or the other i'll get one :D
I was on the Pensacola in 90 we were right there with the sara... I take back my smiley face... that was the cruise with the Haifa inccident
I was a BM2 simple deckape and while I spent less then 1/2 my time attached to a "ship". Thanks to BeachMasters Unit 2 I actualy have more "sea...
I'm bored so dug out another pretty lincoln for you guys lol... She was toppop when i got her but they've graded 2 70s since... (for some reason...
Yeah plan on ordering one myself next month :D and Yeah a bit pricy for 2.5oz Spent a little over 2 months on FFG-31, Spent the rest of my Navy...
30/60ish I believe 69, 69* the pricy ones.. the 10 pcgs 70s... list over 2k
I'll go MS66 on that one... would consider 67 but a bit big chatter on the top of rev holds it back :D
Now that's a coin with serious History behind it :D Awesome pickup
That's the exact reason I bought the one I did, the toning may be fugly, but a weak strike it is not :D [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I wonder if there will ever be a market for vintage Verdi-care bottles lol :D
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