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Re: 2024 dollar coin.
Coins for regular mint sets are not handled individually with kid gloves from striking to packaging. (Some commems might be handled differently).
They are struck in huge numbers and dumped into huge bins. There should be no expectation that they will be free of marks.
JBK
Re: Do you carry any change or cash at all?
Always have cash and have taught my children to always have some.
In an emergency it can come in handy and, as I told them, you can’t bribe anyone with a credit/debit card.
Also a cash stash for extreme emergencies. Have been in the damage zone of a couple tornados and electricity was out but could still purchase water, etc.
Cash may not still be king but is at least a prince. 😉
BustDMs
Re: Do you carry any change or cash at all?
In a small town I try to pay with cash so that they don’t pay extra fees for credit card usage. And I make every effort to put a cash tip in the waitress or waiter’s hand. Not on the table
Re: Auction house delivery times
@TheGoonies1985 said:
@SimonW said:
@TheGoonies1985 said:
I live in Canada.When shipped via registered mail (countries I have purchased from):
Chile = 4-5 weeks (once)
Czech Republic = 10-12 business days (once)
Germany = 8-10 business days (twice)
Spain = 10-12 business days (multiple times)
Uruguay = 3 weeks (once)Can you include the auction houses, not just the countries?
Rio De La Plata was Uruguay. The others were just shops not auction houses per say.
I think you mean Argentina
Boosibri
Re: Most Popular Half Dollar Series
I suspect the numbers captured by Registry sets may not be a measure of popularity, but a measure of what can be completed. A SL Half set would require patience and $$$ to complete whereas a Franklin set, if one skips FBL coins and is satisfied with coins in a 64-65 range is quite doable.
coinkat
Re: 2024 NFL Offseason/Regular Season Thread
@craig44 said:
can you imagine Miles Garrett added to that Eagles front 4!?!?!
Umm that would be diabolical
perkdog
Re: The official Philadelphia Eagles 2024 season thread - parade map to be included
@stevek said:
@Maywood said:
I thought the Philly defensive performance ranked right up there with Super Bowl 20 and what the Chicago Bears did to the New England Patriots. Ironically, both games were played in New Orleans. Against the Patriots the Bears defense was swarming, causing 4 fumbles and 2 Int's. Last night, the Chiefs gained the bulk of their offensive yardage in 4th quarter garbage time.The nod probably goes to the Bears and if you remember that season they were far, far more entertaining!!
Oh yea, that Buddy Ryan 4-6 defense with the right players was absolutely lethal. In that Bears Super Bowl winning season, Buddy the DC had assembled all the right players.
Believe it or not, when Buddy became head coach of the Eagles, he was assembling a defense that in my opinion may have wound-up being better than that Bears defense. Long sad story short, Jerome Brown got killed in a car crash, and the Eagles owner hated Buddy, and fired him for personal reasons. So Buddy never had the opportunity to complete it.
Long forgotten story. The Eagles already had Reggie White on the team when Buddy was there. Then one off season the Giants and Lawrence Taylor were hissed at each other over something, and Buddy tried hard to get Lawrence to come to the Eagles. Can you imagine Taylor and White on the same defense?
I well remember when Brown was killed. terrible tragedy. I had never heard the story about Buddy trying to get Taylor. I cannot imagine what that defense would have been with him. those were the 2 best pass rusher i ever saw, with Reggie being my favorite. I wish we could have seen that.
craig44
Re: Two comments about last night's game
when it comes to the halftime show, and music in general (be it hip hop, country, rock, r&b, classical, whatever) I really dont care. I would 100% rather spend my free time listening to true crime podcasts. Yup, I am definitely old now.
what I take offense to is when some folks try to insinuate that I am just too uneducated to "get the deep message" some 30 something inserted into his "art" lets not make this out to be more than what it is. It was a guy singing songs (or rapping them) its all been done before. Yup, he won some popularity awards (grammys, pulitzer etc.) color me unimpressed. have you seen the person the academy put up for best actress?? I rest my case
craig44
Re: Two comments about last night's game
@Maywood said:
@bgr and @ElMagoStrikeZone, since you guys “got” the message, what was it??Absent any reply I’ll just assume @granitechin is a troll who likes hip hop and move on.
they cant tell you because the "message" was so powerful and deep. only the select few are socially conscious and intelligent enough to "get it"
craig44