Excellent point about security, @masterswimmer! I also recommend mapping out and remembering how to drive to police stations along the route home.
I wrote nothing of an American decline in particular, but of a decline in economic conditions. You’re right about timing . . . I want my chair...
While not intended to be an "income", please be aware that you are responsible for taxes on any profits you make. The simple fact that you've...
Since when is a very predictable decline in economic conditions a black swan event? By their very definition, black swan events are not...
I'll take your word for it that the color of 1907 is nice. As for the 1905, yeah, the luster looks really good. The face looks a little "busy",...
Not only is the national debt at $40T, but household debt is at $18.8T. Think about those numbers for a moment . . . that's over $150,000 for...
I just sold the below details coin that I bought in the details holder. It was an unattributed scarcity, and possessed great originality, despite...
In this case I think that the NGC-graded 1907 has it all over the other coins in the post for surface quality, but 1907 is far and away the nicest...
I think the pickings have been pretty slim for quite a while.
Absolutely not. I have invested far too much time and effort in acquiring coins that please me. Is there some junk I've accumulated along the...
I've never collected ancients, and never met Bill, but am saddened that we've lost another in our community.
From an old post . . . I'm still waiting for a 1907 quarter eagle that was mailed to me from England sometime before 2010. It was tracked to US...
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Were it not for the coin being a 1921, I'd say no. You might get lucky, and $25 seems worth gambling to take a shot.
If you don't have calipers or a mic, you can crudely measure the diameter with a metric tape. Alternatively, you can pencil mark the edge some...
If it is the J-171, the composition is 60% copper & 40% nickel, and usually looks like steel rather than nickel.
Take your time to really examine it closely. You may have a real pattern . . . possibly J-171, if it's real.
Also, the clear effort to cram the entire message on a small scrap of paper, rather than starting again on another sheet of paper points to the...
Did you attribute it as counterfeit, or did others?
Very cool . . . nugget and note actually from the Gold Rush! "Gold given me by Mother's brother, Eben Owen sometime in the early fifties on his...
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