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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2501326, member: 71723"]Well his helper is right about at least one thing - the striking on Hawaiians is typically not that great. And it's a boring design too. There are some real uglos in the classic commems. At some point in 1936 or so, it looks like design was done in an afternoon. When this gentleman's coins were assembled, all there was were the generic terms. We only recently got so anal that not even a single whole number is slicing the Bologna thin enough. Now we need stars and pluses and insane stickers, just so some hypercompetitive jabronie can say "my piece is better'n yours". ARRRRGH! I say a pox on the whole darned mess. I liked the hobby better in the 1960's anyway. I also take a slightly different tack from what [USER=36230]@BooksB4Coins[/USER] does, in the other discussion, too. I used to BE a small business guy in a service business, and I have a low tolerance for sloppiness by small businessmen. I earned that right by having excessively high standards for myself. When I first went into the public sector, I ran my county's election infrastructure, right AFTER the Florida 2000 debacle. Everything we did was under incredible scrutiny and one error was getting people fired. I loved working like that. It's not for everybody. If a dealer can't absorb an eBay "neutral", he needs psychological help.[/QUOTE]