Congrats. Wow... your first? Really? I thought you had been collecting a really long time. Guess you've just been collecting different stuff?...
The Fugio looks fine to me, on the authenticity front? Maybe it is just too corroded for them to guarantee that for sure, and so they punted on...
That's as good a theory as any I've got. Dunno? Interesting piece, though. Young Head Vickie, so perhaps 1840s-1850s vintage, unless it's a...
Analysis like this can be fun, can't it. I'm always compiling statistics and stuff in my head. Even though most of it is for my own benefit and...
Oh, gee, look at the date! I guess it'll be time for the drawing, then! I'm at work. Let me finish up my work-related chores, and we'll get to...
Thanks.
Beware. OK, folks, just in case some of you have not read the sticky announcement at the top of the Announcements forum, I suggest you do that...
Well, sure, I've paid 183 bucks- or more than that- for a coin, many times. In fact, about 90% of the coins in my collection are worth at least...
Ooh, nice Civil War siege coin. I've collected British coins for a good while but never had one of those. As to the crossover inconsistencies,...
I can see how the low relief might make photographing it a little tricky.
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Never met a Bust half I didn't like. The 1833 is pretty sharp.
Wow. Impressive for one "caught in the wild". Like you say, the lighter color might've made me not notice it was a War nickel at first.
Let's leave aside the stuff on the face, in case it is "planchet roller lines", as you suggest. (That's something I know nothing about.) I...
Thanks for that. I might not always be the best collector to emulate. But I appreciate that vote of COINfidence all the same. ;)
I’d be concerned that that might be a hard thing to pull off. I mean finding someone willing to make such a trade? But then I suppose it’s all...
Yes, though as with any collectible, I’m sure there are a number of variables. Age, scarcity, condition, etc.
I bought in on my double eagles when gold was in the mid-$2K range, if I remember correctly. Prior to acquiring some inheritance money in early...
I am fortunate to be working on that in the opposite order, having gotten all the gold out of the way when bullion was cheaper. I couldn’t afford...
I’ve never been into die variety minutiae either. Silver dollar VAMs. Cherrypickers’ Guide stuff. Early half dollar Overton varieties. I leave...
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