We went 45 years without a new 1878-P B1 Reverse Morgan, a year/mint which everyone was studying. Then one surfaced in 2010, half a dozen or so of...
Why are you raising threads from 16 years in the past? This is the only place on the Internet where you wouldn't be called a troll for it. It's...
Exactly. Right now, it's an "orphan" VAM, with no real supporting data. Images of both faces are warranted - not that they'll really do much good...
Ken's giving up a significant amount of contrast if that bulb is below the lens. That allows light directly from the bulb to enter the lens,...
I disagree. :)
How do you keep a Red Lincoln red when all it takes is oxygen to tone it?
Yes, which is why I requested more than just an image of a die crack. :) Sorry, I was out on one of my walks earlier, and couldn't do much from...
It's going to take a lot more than just a picture of a die crack unless you're really lucky. :)
I can't take one day off work and ride Greyhound to Long Beach. :P May be a long day - I think I'm gonna stay in town for the Final Four games. I...
For the record, you could have shaved in either face of that coin; the color was incredibly delicate in hand. I got sizable money for it. The...
So why, exactly, are we crucifying the poor guy for possibly misestimating the value, rather than praising the circumstance by which he acquired...
Our parents spent more time teaching us about "stupid" than is the norm today. Part of that was allowing us to learn things the hard way...
Part of my agenda is to persuade people to quit caring what the TPG's think. They're the ones - in your own accurate words - who willingly assign...
The trouble is, you can only sell them at that grade to Americans who aren't using the standard established across the pond. When in Rome.... I...
They're purchasing vending machine fodder, in an era when vending machines are disappearing fast. I cannot believe a Mint employee, of all people,...
The guy has zero Feedback as a seller, and has been on a coin buying spree (indicator of stupid - buying with the same account you sell from)...
I have to go back through my posts to see if I've antagonized him before walking up to his table. :)
I_can_say that, two days from now, my favorite coin series will be Lincoln Cents. For one day, anyway. :)
My ex - 5'-3" - remarried a guy who's 6'-8". He's a class act, and I couldn't be happier for her, but it's a strange contrast. :)
Kinda like 1903-O Morgans - rarest, priciest coin in the series, until the Treasury released a few hundred thousand....
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