Last night I discovered something by accident. I'm saving the best specimens of State Quarters and keeping them in two-by-twos. Eventually, I will...
I don't know the answer to your question, but I approve of your admiration for silver. There is just nothing like a precious metal in coinage....
It's my observation that numismatists--including collectors, dealers and writers--are almost exclusively male. I would estimate a 9 to 1...
Good points, smullen. To NWO incrementalism add regular old PC. Very possible. On the other hand, I never thought "In God We Trust" should have...
Question on flips Well, which is which? gunsmoke
Good suggestions Thanks to everybody who responded to my request for book suggestions. I don't know why I didn't go to Amazon first, as suggested...
Help--I'm getting bored with coin collecting. This has happened to me before. I love coins, but sometimes they just fade out of my life, and my...
Damn good point.--gunsmoke (Satootoko, don't you sissies edit out my "damn" now.)
Chill out, KLJ, you can't have everything--a coin is not that big. I'll gladly settle for the completion of the transcontinental railroad. That's...
I guess it is superficial, but I've seen worse. At least it's not laughable or cluttered or ugly. On the other hand, it's not in a class with...
Has everybody seen the latest ad by the U.S. Mint? 50 State Quarters proof set, $13.95. 50 State Quarters proof silver set, $25.95.
No. The red underlining started showing up on my computer only about a week ago and I've been on the site since November. Furthermore, if the...
Yes, the grammar is often atrocious, but that is often beyond the ability or interest of many to correct. I would be happy just to see better...
Excuse me, friends, but those little dotted red lines now appearing under some words in our posts as we type indicate that the words are...
I had a few more SBAs and Sacs than I wanted to keep and started spending them, especially as tips in restaurants. Every time, I have asked the...
Mine would have to be the legendary 1916-D Mercury dime in BU. I get weak just thinking about it.--gunsmoke
I haven't done any serious grading in a long time, but I'll comment anyway and say I agree with GDJMSP. The amount of wear on the eagle's breast...
Bob2, I understand the impulse, and I feel it myself, but I have learned that if you see something too many times, you don't see it any more. Once...
Listen, children, I want you to tell us about the people who have put you down for being coin collectors. People who "don't understand." When I...
Yes, Nostalgia and Beauty Very well put, Delaware. When I was a little boy in Greenville, S.C., climbing onto the bus and dropping a Mercury...
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