We are as much the caretakers and custodians of history as any other collectors of antiquities. Coins are the oldest historical artifacts one can...
Christ Church Burial Ground. 4 signers of the Declaration of Independence, and many of the most prominent early Philadelphians, are buried there....
Check Alan's writeup thread for images of that medal. It's a lovely study, and I'm gonna pull out all the photographic stops on it.
Just as an FYI, these are a slideshow on my phone (and probably tablets). :)
Fact is fact. Based only on what I see here, which means my opinion could change with more information/larger pics, this coin is a minimum-MS63...
Well, based on those images it could be anything from a greaser to an idle miscreant with a belt sander. I think $11 shipped was about right. I'd...
Unless you cut a circle out of black paper the size of the coin to put over the top of the slab. It's also the best way to guarantee zero...
Images appear on your computer and online as squares. Instead of painstaking effort to make them round, why not just arrange for the background to...
Y'know, looking at things like this as "exonumia" isn't a bad idea at all. As such, they most assuredly have the "rarity" end of the value...
I'd prefer larger images but what I'm seeing on the Peace Dollar is a high-end 63 or 64. That would put it into the "pretty dang serious premium"...
So you guys obviously see my dilemma. :) I'm looking at the ribbon and seeing the hair right below it almost flat, and thinking a weak strike and...
It seems to me the thing to do is keep this one for your collection, even if it's your only Nickel. It's an important-enough coin to have made you...
Thank you, but that was hurried, quick and dirty and not even diffused so I could get it up on CT before I had to get in the shower for work. :)...
I've already had somewhat a look at this one - looks like a very nice example - without finding that characteristic crack through the F in OF to...
Gettysburg newp. For $15 including a Franklin toner, I'm living with this one's minor faults. :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This will be a "Give the Grade," not "Guess the Grade" because it's not slabbed. :) Newp from yesterday's Gettysburg show. I'm ambivalent about...
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Yeah, it was fun obsessing on your coin, but we'd have settled whether you were willing to sell long before the trip back. :p Idle question which...
This thread is now bringing my cheap smartphone to its' knees. :)
I saw that other post and figured the two were connected. You're a good man, marcovan. Pronounce that as a rhyme, please, readers. :)
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