In 1986 my dear Grandfather passed away from a massive stroke. While I'm adopted, he never treated me any different than if I was his biological...
I'll ad..I would give my favorite coin, just to have one more hunting trip with my Dad...to see him walk and bust my butt one more time...
Lord M, I wish I had a pic. It would be hunting quail as a teenager with my Dad in upstate Missouri farmlands in the 80's. I absolutely hated...
most definitely probably right...my second favorite oxymoron after "Jumbo Shrimp" and yes in the words of Triumph the insult dog..."I kid, I kid" :)
So I ran across this 15-s lincoln. While my horrible pictures don't show it, there is still luster and the mint frost. Beside the point though....
Beautiful work!
looks like a bad fake..All the examples I've seen online have a serif on the left part of the 7. And those nines...ugh [ATTACH]
Looking to buy a wide variety of tokens that are pre 1900's. These can include transportation, toll, Hart times, post colonial, SKD's, saloon,...
Thanks for the replies and the education on the oversimplification of provenance that I used. With all that is going on in Ancients, it's looking...
So there's an upcoming HA auction of many tokens from the Virgil Brand collection. I have to say that I'm tempted to buy a dog of a coin...
Excellent point! I prefer ungraded anyway. I'll just make a note on that one to ge it graded prior to selling just in case anything comes up...
I don't know about the back leg being suspect but the s does look very z-like. Not sure how if it was a fake, it would have gotten out there...
Is this what you're thinking. I see the striations but really don't know what would cause them, though I'm certainly no varity expert. I don't...
I'm with the other's, those margins are way too tight for the amount of work involved.
Thanks for the feedback and comments! When she called me and then sent a pic I was astonished that it came in her daily pocket change that she...
for reference...great information related to what I thought was a die crack. https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2521350/
So I posted a 1909 that I was sure was a cracked die. Lessons learned from that told me that while it was a very unusual coin and maybe a...
And then Dougmeister proves me wrong...
Key here is to provide guidance on the variety that you think you have. While pics are good, it goes on the assumption that we all have...
Best Wishes to you rick. Nug as for your original post I think you were trying to determine what is the obverse vs. the reverse (front/back)....
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