Well, we all collect money for fun... No, don't look at it that way. This exchange is about us being a community much more than it is being the most generous Santa. I'm sure your recipient will appreciate your gift no matter what.
Huge thanks to @redcent230 for sending my new daughter a Christmas package full of goodies! I had a blast looking through them, as they were all outside of my realm of collecting. Here is what she received:
And here is my favorite of the bunch. Has a woody look in hand, the crappy Ipod camera did not pick it up very well: Thanks again @redcent230 !!!
I like to think the T-Rex is roaring yet Queen Elizabeth is just grinning back at him like, "ooOOOoo! Such a big boy, aren't you?"
Did you guys see that a full segement of dinosaur tail with feathers was recently found encased in Amber... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/
Got's my recipient Kirk. Had another member in mind but didn't want to muck things up with the request. Thanks again for taking on this monstrous undertaking. You will be rewarded.........
Is the 38 a D/D or a D/S buffalo ? Can't enlarge with out distortion to tell got to be one or the other.
What is that going from the top left of the D to the E in FIVE ? Maybe just the image looks like part of another mm either S or a rpm D
There's so many RPM's/OMM's for the date that a normal one is almost an oddity. Most of them would be identifiable in these images, though - look for that might look like minor chipping inside the top of the D and just below the top serif.