Received from @gdsnguru via PM: (Copied here so the Quarter Master could see it. Locking the thread now.)
The world was weird then. Always has been, I guess. The weirdness just takes different forms as time marches on. Though I like to wax nostalgic...
I too turned 11 in 1976, and that is the year I began collecting. I remember the first time I got a Bicentennial quarter in change. I was at a...
I ate snails once. If you put enough garlic butter on something, I’ll probably try it.
Thanks for weighing in. Yours is the final word in the matter, as far as I’m concerned.
Good on you, past round winners, for staying in the game after you’d already won, and going to bat for somebody else.
You are correct on both counts. This was when Nixon was Ike’s VP. He (Nixon) came to Lake Logan, Champion’s North Carolina retreat, which was...
You had me there, for nearly a full minute. ;)
I want those, for @masterswimmer’s grandkids. [ATTACH]
This Victorian-era love token engraved on a Swiss 20-rappen piece is about the only (semi-) relevant thing I can add here. [ATTACH]
Belated reply. Yep, paper mills are not the nicest smelling things, but the standard reply to that complaint is, "smells like money". Here's my...
That's an encouraging thought. Could be...
Getting something that's listed in the Colonial section of the Red Book from a junkbox for practically nothing is worth celebrating! I've found a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] (6) USA Bicentennial quarters: five 1976-D plus an ANACS-certified MS65 1976-S. To enter this round of the...
The random number generator has proclaimed the winning number for Day 5 to be.... 368! [ATTACH] And Post #368 was by... @Kurisu!...
Time for the drawing...
I think Deller's would be worth a try.
Not only a bunch in your corner, but another envelope headed your way in the mail. ;)
People get up to all kinds of shenanigans with their coins! One never knows why! I remember when I worked in a jewelry store, decades ago, and...
Handsome coin. Nice surfaces. Aside from those few wispy hairlines around the date, it's nearly ideal for something in this grade range, I'd...
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