I like the wooden flats like yours, alurid.I have a nice collection of coin related pieces...coin show announcements, etc. Some of them go back...
I'm thinking possibly an engraver too or a type of rotary tool. Bruce
Beautiful toning and a nice repo of the first US coinage trials. Bruce
Yikes, where did you get the picture of my mother-in-law, Z ! Bruce
Been over the briges many times, Eric. Interestingly, there was only a single bridge when built years ago. When traffic got too heavy for it to...
Sounds like something I'd do, Randy. Fortunately, my stuff fit my safe, but I had to leave it when I sold the house. Too hard to move and no room...
Nice Mel Wacks pieces, ZoidMeister. I like his work but only have two examples in my collection. Bruce
I've seen that spinner before. I should get one and take it with me when I go to breakfast with my coin buddies. With my luck I'd probably wind up...
The New York City / Washington token reminds me of a CWT, fretboard. It's not but is interesting in it's own right. A very nice set of new...
Sounds about right, Robert. Quite a challenge to grade a coin like that. Bruce
If you're missing something, fretboard, so am I. What a horrible looking piece of junk. Bruce
Interesting story. I wonder how you would grade a coin like that...what's wear or damage as opposed to the flaws one could expect on a coin struck...
I think he just missed it, NOS. I never saw anything suggesting otherwise. BTW, the counterfeits were discovered by a local coin collector for...
The picture above by scottishmoney shows one of the major diagnostics...the defective left leg of the R in Pluribus. There are others too, but...
Henning was an engineer who apparently made his own dies...that's why there are a few different dates and varieties. He made thousands of them and...
Concert tickets are interesting to collect. I have a pair of old tickets from a Steppinwolf concert in Cherry Hill NJ in the early 70's. Never...
Could you show us a picture of the whole coin both sides for perspective? It's hard to get a sense of the coin with such small close-up pictures,...
ExoMan has been trying to convince me for a long while that the Rudolph counterstamps aren't California issues. While I'm not totally on board,...
Interesting information about the Elephant Tokens. Many thanks for discussing it here. I had a certified (PCGS I think) example years ago when I...
I've seen a number of coins with engraved masks, including several UK pennies with the Queen wearing a mask. Don't like people trying to profit...
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