Last weekend I bought a few things at the local show, my report is in another thread. Just received my new (used) camera and here are photos of 3...
(also posted on the CU forum, in a slightly different version. this is the "improved" one) I attended the Richmond, Va. Coin Show today for the...
..continue to appear on eBAy, like this 1873, which has horrible dentils and rims:...
Here is a link to a story about what is purported to be the first silver dollar struck at the Carson City Mint in 1870, written by the current...
Another relic from my early collecting days, here is an 1854 type 2 gold dollar. It has definitely been cleaned. These are often lightly struck,...
on my "cautionary tale" thread, I tossed out for all to see my newbie buying mistakes from 2 or 3 years ago. I mentioned an 1886 nickel that was...
A while back I posted on a thread- forgot which one- that each of the 4 mintmarks (reverse dies) of the 1916-d dime is paired with a specific...
Since people are often asking if a particular coin is genuine or not, I will share a few pointers. People familiar with the series may find my...
Basically, I have been working on a type set for a while, with digressions here and there. I'll post some of my type coins now and then, please...
When I first started to collect, I gravitated towards the big sellers with multi-page ads in Coin World, etc, assuming that they must be REALLY...
Hopefully, Lehigh, or someone else with expertise in this area, will see this thread. In the meantime, have a look, it is a pretty coin, imo....
Purchased raw, on a whim, for type. I welcome grade opinions, conventional and EAC, and attributions (flip says S-241) Thanks in advance, my...
I bought this when I started collecting a couple of years ago, and didn't even take it out of the stapled flip until recently to image it! It's...
Despite multiple reports to eBay, this auction was allowed to proceed to its conclusion:...
I bought this humble specimen just because its crusty, worn, and from the Big Easy Mint. Today I took a closer look at it, and I believe it has a...
Another nifty, uncluttered design that I think deserves more attention- here is my humble example, I'd like to see some of the ones y'all have...
I think the Walking Liberty half is one of the best designs ever, and they keep looking good even when almost worn down to a disc! here are two...
I decided I wanted to buy a Franklin half for my type set, one that looked really nice- so when an expert Franklin collector decided to sell his...
I bought this from Jeff Rock, of "Rosa Americana," recently off eBay. Basically, I just liked the way it looked, but it has some interesting...
Here is a Woods' Hibernia halfpenny, Harp left, 1722. I really like the obv. detail. There are patches of verdi on the reverse. What do ya'll...
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