Just how much can you say about new coins?? Gee, aren't they bright and shinny. OK, now what? I found another new coin. So? :rolling:
I have admit that I too don't care much for the new constant horizontal scroll. It seemed like before it only happened when a user posted an...
Until you master the art of convincing your wife that some coins bearing a date after 1899 really are collectibles, really. And if you should...
It will, and it will also eat out your brain. This stuff is nasty stuff, deadly and more important accumulative, and it can even be absorbed...
The topic of cleaning coins never ceases to amaze me, and it has been going on for decades – both the topic and cleaning. When NGC started...
I think you'll find that Bombay only struck these talers in 1940-41, but the Austrian government has minting them since 1961. Why do we bother...
I offer the following observations. 1. The two coins previously shown with similar obverse designs are just that,... similar. The smaller...
Not all collectors are of the “it’s gotta’ be pristine" persuasion. Some of us prefer to collect what others find undesirable: chopmarked,...
Two things come to mind: an off-metal or a brass plated coin. However, I don't think the Mint produces coins for other nations any longer so an...
Not only that, but if you were to take even a small piece of the candy produced at the Mint as a sample you're likely in for a very bad time.
I rarely post, but if I can add my 2 cents worth,.... as much as I'd like to say it's natural toning because it is so attractive, I cannot. If...
It took me a while to find where I had a few of these stored. They were hiding in an old Japanese Akadama wine bottle from my military days that...
Well, I followed the posting ruiles that state 200 pixels wide, but I guess -the- moderator can post whatever size he wants... eh? :whistle:
...never mind. See Dougs images below. ..JD
Hey, great PR! Telling folks to GET LOST is certainly a good way to increase participation on the forum! And I thought that it was OK to...
Boy howdy, I'll say. I was having a dickens of a time with this "gum ball" machine of mine. I suddenly couldn't access the forum or exchange...
While running the risk of raising your wrath, I would suggest a collector of "real" error coins read, "The Error Coin Encyclopedia" by Arnold...
Now that's rich. Up here on this mountain we don't even see any of the hand shakin' or the keel boat Jeffersons in circulation let alone the...
Well Rick, believe it or don't, that's exactly how the coin was toned, and yes there is such a thing as sunshine in Oregon. And in Washington...
While I don't advocate helping a coin tone, here is one that sat in a brick-n-mortar dealer's case (in Oregon) since the day the dealer purchased...
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