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The 2025 Gold proof Buffalo is sold out, and here are the latest numbers:

It came in at 7839 so far after the sell out, which is a record low. However, the 2026 which goes on sale next month shows they have 7950 in inventory which would make it close to the 2025.

If the 2025 can't hold a large premium, then 2026 seems unlikely to as well.

However, since the 2026 is a dual date coin, many may prefer it over the 2025 into the future. So far dual dates have done well in the market.

@rooksmith said:
Mad Marty (long time passing)
Lord Marcovian (still around, but less recently)

LM started a thread yesterday and has been very active recently.

Im pretty new to alot of people on the forums that post nowadays but, maybe only a small hand full would remember me. Only in passing likely. My screen name was " ccr " and apparently my account has been deleted which shows how long Ive been out of the loop which is about 13 years or so. Seen this post and couldn`t resist adding something to it. Not actively collecting but still have what I did when I posted here years ago.

So sorry to hear about Russ passing away. Excellent Kennedy half collector. Couple more we have lost along the way since the early days like Fc57coin ( "The Pug " ), and the tragic loss of " Sheriff Sample Slab ".

Also anyone remember Carolj and the up coming kid " airplanenut ". Incredibly sharp kid. Remember " lordmarcovan "? he posted mainly in the world coins and was really funny. mdwoods the milwright. Always liked and Lucybop.

Clw54 still posts and that is wonderful. The voice of reason back then and was likely the backbone of the place. The guy you always looked up to and was quite modest about it.

If you want to look at some of the old posts go here: https://web.archive.org/

I havent found a way to the old open forums. They closed it down around 2005/2006. It was a shame as there where alot of great off topic information on it that didnt relate to coins ( which was it`s intended purpose ). Can understand now why.

Dont know if Ill post much as I`m out of the hobby now. Like I said, I still have all those coins from when I posted then and was looking at them again recently and brought back alot of good memories of being here. Alot of really great memories and invaluable information. Easily made me a better collector.

I found it!
1794 Italy Piedmont-Sardinia 5 Sol
https://en.numista.com/5136
I was thinking the reverse in particular looked somewhat Roman, but the letters were more modern.
So I did a google search on "Italy 1794 copper coin" and a couple of low grade ebay examples came up which were close matches to the original photos.

It's possible this could have been identified fairly quickly if it had been posted to the World Coins subforum. There are some people there who can identify coins amazingly well.

Recently picked up a small grouping of some of the more common and available classic comments. Toned ones are nice if the toning has beautiful eye appeal, but I personally prefer blast white. I’m now on my “third” box of 20!