Nothin’ wrong with that. I like it when someone is enthusiastic enough about a prize to want it for themselves.
Thanks for the update, Randy.
Yes. The older “UNC/BU” terms certainly have not been completely superseded by the newer “MS” terminology- and neither should they be. They...
“Brilliant Uncirculated” is an older, more general term. I believe “Mint State” came about because it more accurately describes the situation for...
This seems to have been a popular theme!
(Or, if you don’t have a specific list of ten clear-cut goals, then your general plan will do.) Since @Croatian Coin Collector recently posted...
I think I might “go ancient” next year, and do Widow’s Mites or late Roman bronzes. That might give a little thrill to some of the more...
Yes, I made sure they were all full-date coins. Most were 1927 and 1930, though I did see a 1925 and a 1929. Funny, I was so absorbed in the...
We’re all signed up with donors for the first four-week contest in January, but I can pencil you in as donor for Week 2 in the February contest,...
I was wondering what that was next to the “2” on that Peruvian coin, until I recognized it as the Nazca Hummingbird.
This “coworker holiday envelope” thing has been a tradition of mine at work for the past three or four years. I’m the night auditor at an 85-room...
Farthing Halfpenny
That looks like a farthing to me.
I’m standing shirtless on my front porch outside. It is 77°F. Hasn’t snowed here since 1989- and that one was a rare fluke. Nice that you get...
You know, we could do monthly contests with 4 donors and 4 prize drawings. Have one drawing a week- say on every Saturday or Sunday or whatever....
Perhaps next year for COINmas we could do 12 rounds with 4 different donors (each donor putting up the prize for 3 different rounds). Something...
I have indeed. It's been a lot of work, with a lot of moving parts behind the scenes, but totally worth it. Maybe you and I can team up for it...
LET ROUND 10 BEGIN! [ATTACH] @lordmarcovan gave to thee... A Germany (Saarland): 1954 aluminum-bronze 10-franken (PCGS MS66) [ATTACH]...
There's essentially 5 days left until Christmas, and we've got three rounds left to do after this one. So... TIME FOR THE ROUND 9 DRAWING!...
You're welcome to post your own thread, but I ask that everybody post a notice of receipt here first- since I link to that information in the...
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