When I was at EAC last week, aside from coins I picked up a number of new books. I got a copy of Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United...
Yes, Mike, we've met before a few times, though usually at the Michigan State show. According to Breen (which I bought from John at EAC), '03...
Yeah, sorry about that. My cam/lens combo lets me do coins at about 2400x2400. They're only about a meg and change apiece. Hey, the full RAW...
Do what gives you pleasure. Do you have a goal for your collection?
If any of you have seen my thread about my trip to the Early American Coppers (EAC) show this year these pictures won't be new to you but the...
My wife Wendy and I took our son, David, to his first EAC last week. He's ten and a half months old, so perhaps a bit young, but we really wanted...
Unfortunately John Burns won't be there since MSNS conflicts with Chicago. Keep an eye out for me in the vicinity of Tom Reynolds, Jim McGuigan,...
There are 3 varieties of 1828, none of which are rare in low grades. C2, the 12-starred variety, can command a small premium over the other two...
I respectfully disagree with you assertation that there were no half cents worth pursuing. Perhaps if one is only after CC-level coins, but I...
That's not quite accurate. Not every copper coin, nor every high-grade one, has been worked on, especially not to the degree you're implying....
I plan to be there Saturday, already taking time off for EAC, can't take more. I usually spend most of my time at John Burns's booth. Look for...
The easiest way for me to learn was to follow The Rule. You know the one: Buy the book before the coin. If a person knows their education is...
The surfaces look right for a copper of that era, so unless China has gotten much better lately it looks okay to me. More than that I can't help,...
IMHO, Conder's nailed it as usual.
The only half cents minted with a date of 1847 were proofs, and that doesn't look like a proof - or even an impaired proof.
Ruben, I sent you a PM to confirm I got it - did you not get that message? If, as it seems, you didn't, let me publicly say thanks very much. I...
LOVE the obverse, nice and clean-looking, shame about the corrosion on the reverse. I don't have any of the 1795s yet, just '94 C1a and C3a as...
If the intention is not to defraud, then yes. And, if I understand correctly, the "intent to defraud" is limited to trying to pass counterfeits...
Well done ma'am!
In that case Wendy, David and I will see you (and I think John as well) at EAC.
Separate names with a comma.
