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Re: Once again WTH happened here any ideas
@Sprnklz said:
Found it as well as this one trying to organize all these sooooo many their nice though not gonna lie now just gta try n get them sold for a reasonable price after i look for errors
Also damage.
If your goal is to sell and not collect, you're wasting time looking for errors. Odds are small that you will find a major error and a $5 clipped planchet won't compensate you for your time. You sinply don't have the expertise to identify errors and the time it will take you to learn is also uncompensated.
Take it to a couple dealers and accept the higher offer. Although, respectfully, from what we've seen so far, you're probably going to end up at the Coinstar.
jmlanzaf
WINNER Free Giveaway #1 of 26 for 2025
THIS GIVEAWAY IS IN APPRECIATION OF EVERYTHING THAT @RICKO AND I TALKED ABOUT REGARDING COINS AND OUR MANY OTHER HOBBIES AND PASSIONS OVER THE YEARS
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ALSO.....I WILL PROBABLY NOT SEND THESE PRIORITY MAIL, I WILL USE A LESS EXPENSIVE METHOD WITH USPS....SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW HERE WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT.
Just some protective organizing things here.
Plus, a bonus item[s].
Free shipping.
Entries should say something nice about another member of this forum.
Based on the number of entries here on January 11 @ 11:59 PM EST I will select a winner based upon an equation that I have derived involving the number PI .
The Babylonians (c. 2000 bc) used 3.125 to approximate pi, a value they obtained by calculating the perimeter of a hexagon inscribed within a circle and assuming that the ratio of the hexagon’s perimeter to the circle’s circumference was 24/25.
In the early 21st century computers calculated pi to 100 trillion decimal places, as well as its two-quadrillionth digits when expressed in binary (0).
Mind Blown !!!!
I love PI and have had success using it in many calculations.
Best of luck to all,
boston
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Approx. 80 x twenty pocket protective pages for 2x2 coin holders
Approx. 15 x 3 Currency holder pages
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Re: Researching rarity with AI...
@Boosibri said:
I have had luck in using AI to find examples in building census (the 1794 West Indies 3 Gulden) and our past project on the 1777 Greenland Dollar.The key is in asking specific questions...
That is called "prompting". Knowing how to prompt a GenAI tool determines how successful your prompt will be. "RICE" is a good structure to use.
R- Role - explain the role you want the AI to embody.
I- Instruction - Provide detailed instructions/guidelines for the AI to follow.
C- Context - Give the tool relevant context and background info to generate a response.
E- Example- include examples/instances so the tool can use it as a reference to create a similar output.
Re: January 2025 - New Year, New Pickup Thread
Happy to have these BBCE Auctions wins come in after a while. Happy with the Sayers and the Bench. The print issues on the 69 Mays and 59 Aaron bother me a little. It was odd cause some of these I bid on thinking I'd just get a bid in and then was surprised to wait a week or so and have noone outbid me. May be worth keeping an eye on BBCE Auctions for some nice values.
RIP dizzyfoxx
I am truly saddened to learn that John (dizzyfoxx) passed away on 06/19/2022 at the age of 55. I first met John and his dad at the Santa Clara Coin Show in 2005. He likely purchased his first nicely toned PCGS MS66 Antietam from me, and since then, we met many times to show, discuss, buy, sell, and trade beautifully toned commemoratives. He had a deep love and appreciation for these coins. John was an incredibly kind man who always brought his huge smile with him. He will be deeply missed and will remain forever in my heart.
colorcommem
Re: Great ethics
He’s been told multiple times. But for whatever reason(s), it hasn’t registered.😉
MFeld
Re: PO01 1907 $10 Indian
@pocketpiececommems, great looking pocket piece. I concur that after many years of being carried in a pocket, only the main devices remain distinguishable. My Father carried this Morgan silver dollar for 40 years, and after his passing in1979, I have carried it daily.
Re: My Coin Op Collection
I'm resurrecting this thread to add my 2 latest coin ops which are of the same category.
I believe I'm the only one who collects these kind of items but I'm hoping you don't mind looking at them and appeasing an old collector of "not" cards. 
First, this one from the January new items thread:
Baker Novelty Co., c1935, Chicago, IL. Kicker and Catcher
It's 17.5" tall.
The mechanism of action - wheel on right activates the "kick" and the wheel on the left controls the "catcher":
when you catch a ball, you move it to the far left when it triggers a score and "returns" the ball to the kicker for use again.
Next one to follow...
Stone193
Re: January 2025 - New Year, New Pickup Thread
Getting tougher and tougher to find high-Grade TCMA minor league cards. To me in the 1974 to 1985 years of TCMA minor league cards, the only easier years to find in Mint of better cards in order from easiest are 1985, 1981, 1982 and then 1979 only where the "wave" at the bottom is yellow (Yellow "wave" in 1979 includes cards of the Odgen Henderson, Mookie Wilson, Willie McGee, Buck Showalter, Dasve Righetti, Steve Bedrosian, etc.), the rest of the non-yellow "wave" cards from 1979 like the Marshall below, and all the other TCMA years not mentioned above for minor league cards are really tough so always jumping on a minty TCMA from those tougher years when they come up. All these are 1 of 1's none higher and are the first card ever of each player:
MinorLeaguer