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Re: Caitlin Clark’s Autographed WNBA Rookie Card Sells for Eye-Popping Amount

You've just recharged his battery.

ElMagoStrikeZone

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Metal detecting find education

Son and I were detecting in local park built in 1980s.was not expecting to find silver.our question being is this a error coin or do we have stars in our eyes lol.im seeing letter below epluribus next to bottom left torch

a letter below

Junkdrunk

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Re: Pawn Stars and the 1933 Farouk Double Eagle

@telephoto1 said:
Frankly a lot of people here are starstruck, if you will... and are being intellectually dishonest with themselves on this coin just because it is a mega rarity. Pick any other date in this series with all other things being exactly equal to the appearance of this coin and there is little to no chance you'd agree with the grade or sticker. There's a difference between frost breaks and scrapes. This coin has both along with multiple tiny ticks. And yes I've seen it in person. I'm not ripping on it out of hand mind you, but imo condition is condition- and rarity, previous ownership, a good backstory, and publicity stunts don't magically make marks disappear. Value? Heck yeah, that's different. But not grade. jmho

I was going to leave this thread be, but since four others have now agreed with your comment, I'll ask a couple questions that anyone is welcomed to answer.

What is your point?

I've made no observation of anyone in the thread who's being "starstruck" or "intellectually dishonest". I stated that I would likely grade the coin 64+, though I don't take issue with the current grade. Ian quoted a grader as saying "Oh, I've heard about the knee, but they left out how the rest of the coin looks!". That pretty much summarizes the grade of this coin, and you can visit photograde or any reference and see that the coin would be at least a 64 at any TPG.

With that being said, do you all think that JA should have "held the line", and squandered an invaluable advertising opportunity in the name of "strict grading"? Why should he be the martyr who publicly opposes the grade given by PCGS, the most respected grading company in the world? I would agree that if it was any other saint, it probably wouldn't have stickered as a 65, but the fact is that it's not just "any other saint". It's the only legal example, and squabbling over the highly irrelevant grade is a complete waste of time, when any of us would be happy to plop down 30m for it if we were billionaires. Would a potential buyer argue that the coin is only worth 15 mil because its not "solid for the grade"? Come on now.

PeakRarities

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Re: Is coin collecting a declining hobby?

having reread this post I keep thinking of something that happened a few years back. Back then some person posted that "Blondes were going to be extinct in 50 years." Every news service ran it like Moses came down a mountain with that carved on it. Within a few days the entire premise was destroyed with logic and facts.
Here the premise seems to be "The world is going to run out of old white dudes!" Does that premise actually sound logical? James

seatedlib3991

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Re: Caitlin Clark’s Autographed WNBA Rookie Card Sells for Eye-Popping Amount

@Yankees70 said:

@PatriotTrading said:

@lahmejoon said:
For all of us unmanly men who watch, did anyone see the NY/Vegas game last night? Kelsey Plum was cookin!

I didn't watch any WNBA, I was busy cleaning my gun, watching football,drinking beer while my wife was in the kitchen cooking the duck that I keeled earlier in the morning hunting. She got mad cause I still had some blood & guts in my beard and my camoflauge hunting kit. I just picked it out with my special edition Rambo knife.

The rest of us normal dudes **watched College Football, the NFL, the MLB playoffs and spent time with our family and friends. I tried to let this topic die but some of you can't. My take on the league is based on facts and the data. The defenders of this trash **are basing their opinions on their feelings. It's not my fault the league loses millions every year going on two plus decades.

I would agree, Marines aren't normal. We all seem to have a screw loose. The great thing is during our off time from the range or the field, we get together in the barracks, BBQ, beer and watch all types of sports, from baseball, soccer, football, boxing and yes, even Caitlan Clark and the Fever. Why is that? Because Marines are from almost every demographic, race, color and creed and normally can't be home to watch sports with their family. So you can call it "trash" if you want but the bottom line is CC is entertaining, which is important for troops & morale and could care less that the NBA loses millions every year. I'm sure we contributed to the 2.8 million viewers that tuned in for the Fever elimination game and damn it was a good time.

PatriotTrading

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Re: MLB Throwback

in 1981, Kent Tekulve was named sexiest man alive for the 4th straight year

galaxy27

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Re: Are these coins naturally toned or Artificially toned?

@WAYNEAS said:

@JWP said:
I used a heat gun, and the 2 coins started to tone. Stopped because I did not know much longer it would take for a more toned coin. I had thought about using an oven, but I figured this weird science project was cooked by now.

Let me see if I got this right.
1) Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
2) place desired raw coins into a cookie pan
3) bake for 15 minutes or until a desired color is achieved.
4) flip and repeat
5) return coins into circulation so they can be found in the wild.
Wayne