The latest LESSON LEARNED: Forget the NGC multi-coin slabs. Good News: They look nice in hand. Bad News: Storage is a minor problem. Bad News:...
Okay, here's my recent purchases. Since there are 4, I'll do them as links. These two are for filling the latest dates in my type set: 1951-D...
In most respects this coin is AU, maybe even MS. BUT Well, the "BUT" is obvious. If it were your coin what would you do? My current opinion is...
I got curious about the grade spread in my type set. So having nothing better that I wanted to do, I took a census. Here's the result: Grade...
This is not my question, but I told the person I would ask here. "random currency question from a stamp guy who can't help but stray over into...
While checking my type set for completeness I discovered that many of the more recent coins were missing. I guess I figured I could pick them up...
This is for my Classic Head half cent set: [IMG]
Here's the latest addition to my numismatic family: [IMG]
I just did a BIN on eBay for a coin that is a bit hard to find. I spent about an hour trying to figure out whether the price was reasonable or not...
Have you put together a birthyear set for yourself? I did one. I consider it a more personal thing rather than a numismatic collection.
I got curious about how various groups define a type set not including gold. So I did my best to count the number of coins in type sets by: -...
In my first post I outlined the way I believe I'd like my website to operate. And I asked for opinions about the presentation format for (4)....
In looking at my original type set website I can see some major changes needed: 1. I've got additional coins to include. 2. My presentation format...
After looking at 4 Morgans and using the Van Allen encyclopedia, I think I ID'ed two of them. This is an 1889-CC Morgan (NGC G-6). I see it as a...
I'm a bit confused about the metal composition of dimes, quarters, halves and dollars in the proof sets from 1968 through 1985. And the Red Book...
Report on the Baltimore show. I arrived early enough to have to wait about 20 minutes before the doors were open to the public at 10AM. This...
Based on comments in here and in other venues the PCGS Price Guide appears to be overpriced even at the retail level. BUT As a relative pricing...
I've got the Fourth Edition of Van Allen's and Mallis' book. I figured I'd go through my Morgan and Peace dollars and determine what the VAM...
Okay, I working with my new camera. LOTS of things I've tried to work out. After several hours this is where I'm at. Comments and criticisms,...
Hooray!!! For the first time in quite a while I got some new coins. These are for a MS-67 War Nickel set I'm putting together. Six down, five to...
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