Sorry I haven't been posting much here lately, but I ran into a couple CT members (Kanga, 900Fine) so I thought I'd better stop backsliding and...
I had to skip the Philly show partly due to my commitment to the Buena Park which is a very convenient and low cost show for me to do, but more...
It's a great mid-sized 2-day show right next to Knott's Berry Farm (about 60-70 dealers). Here are the details and link: Saturday, October 2nd...
Here are some new purchases I picked up for my personal collection that I thought I'd share. They are all very different from each other, but I...
This year the show was smaller and slower than usual, attendance was probably off quite a bit, and yet it still is the best show in California so...
This is the Holy Grail of Lincoln cents - the only known 1943 struck at Denver on a copper planchet! WOW! Very interesting story too....
PCGS posted this very helpful article on how they assign the color designation when grading copper coins (Red - Red/Brown - Brown):...
and Mike/Illini posted this on another forum, so I thought I'd post it here too: The California State Numismatic Association (CSNA) &...
Here are a few more coins I recently acquired that Todd just photographed for me. I have a nice 1897 "1" in the neck (MS64), but happened...
I bought several new Indian cent errors from Xan Chamberlain recently, and just had Todd photograph them in Boston so of course I just had to show...
This will be my second time setting up at this popular show in Northern California - there will be probably about 35+ dealers. It's this Saturday...
I wasn't looking to change out either my 1909-S vdb or my 1877, but I just couldn't pass up these beauties. I love my current 1909-S vdb with...
So, I arrived Saturday evening, met Karin (Rick Snow's assistant) at the airport, took a cab to our hotel (we're also sharing rooms), went to PF...
If any of you have followed the news of the lawsuit filed by PCGS against several coin dealers for "doctoring" coins, you probably also read all...
Just got this photo back from Todd. As you can see, it has an interesting die cud in the middle of the reverse. I found this 1862 Indian cent at...
Rick Snow has won Numismatist of the Year. IMHO, he's an absolutely perfect choice! I actually "heard" about his winning this honor a while ago...
So, let's liven things up a bit and post some fun and wacky looking coins and/or tokens - errors, weird designs, unusual shapes, funking colors,...
I recently found this one for my Lincoln set and had Todd photograph it. It matches pretty nicely with my 1926-S and even my 1914-D, as well as...
Here is the latest group of Conder tokens I recently picked up and had Todd photograph. Many of them have very interesting and funny stories...
I'm setting up at this show (opens to the public at 2pm this Thursday, June 24, and goes through Saturday). The past couple shows have been pretty...
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