@Coinscratch said: @96grains You know, some people actually eat road kill. I'm not one of them but I've heard. Well, thanks for coming out of the shadows and joining in.
If your idea of fast food is hitting a deer at 55 mph, you might be a redneck!
@Coinscratch said: @96grains You know, some people actually eat road kill. I'm not one of them but I've heard. Well, thanks for coming out of the shadows and joining in.
If your idea of fast food is hitting a deer at 55 mph, you might be a redneck!
@Christie716 said:
Ok you got me, here is my first post. I started collecting as a kid but just recently became more serious about it. I’m still learning and this discussion board has definitely been helpful.
Colonials and early American coins are my thing, specifically I love the Nova Constellatio Coppers.
I don’t even know what a Nova Constellatio Copper is, can you post a pic of one?
@Bdog9027 said:
Not sure what a lurker means in the coin world. But I am new to collecting and this forum so… hello 👋
Hello! And dumb luck is better than none at all. Your entered as a 1st time poster so good job dpsht… that’s an inside joke.
Hahah
Welcome to the forum big dog
And thanks for joining in.
Thanks for welcoming me. I have posted my first decent yard sale find. And I am working on collecting 1990s era gold and silver pandas to send off for grade
Nice, and here’s a 6 toed feline from the home of the late and great Ernest Hemingway. From what we learned there are still at least 48 of these cats on his property and apparently they have better health insurance than most Americans, as the story goes.
@Coinscratch said:
Nice, and here’s a 6 toed feline from the home of the late and great Ernest Hemingway. From what we learned there are still at least 48 of these cats on his property and apparently they have better health insurance than most Americans, as the story goes.
You can count Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain ("Any man who loves kitties is my friend and comrade without further introduction") as well as the Prophet Muhammad (who the story goes chopped off the end of his prayer rug one day so as not to disturb kitty who was sleeping on the end of it) among the most famous cat lovers.
And can you blame them? Kitties are man's REAL best friend because they are soooooo CUUUUTTTEEEEEE!!!
I may need to do a third prize for you for being the first to step forward
I thought it was a random drawing. I didn't even know there was a second prize much less a third.
But if nothing else it got me connected with other large cent collectors.
Thanks!
I may need to do a third prize for you for being the first to step forward
I thought it was a random drawing. I didn't even know there was a second prize much less a third.
But if nothing else it got me connected with other large cent collectors.
Thanks!
It is Random I just keep making sit up as I go along
I'm getting into coin collecting thanks to my kiddo. He attended a scout merit badge class and has become very interested in collecting. I'm learning as much as possible to help him along. He absolutely loves coin roll hunting which is something he was doing before I knew there was a term for it.
I'm getting into coin collecting thanks to my kiddo. He attended a scout merit badge class and has become very interested in collecting. I'm learning as much as possible to help him along. He absolutely loves coin roll hunting which is something he was doing before I knew there was a term for it.
Not really qualified as a lurker but first post. My parents got me a penny book when I was very young and just recently found a very nice looking 1909 V.D.B penny in my cup holder and got me interested in looking for my old "collection". Haven't found it yet though.
Through my very minimal week or 2 internet education I would grade it at XF or AU if it didn't have that corrosion mark on the obverse. Just grading for fun. What do yall think? (I know the pictures arnt the best, only using my phone)
The obverse is a brown for sure and in person the reverse is a nice red/brown. With just my eyes the VDB is so faint you can barely see a slight reflection!
My Dad got me my first proof set when I was born, way back in ‘63. Got them up until ‘71 when my brother was born. Seems with one more mouth to feed they weren’t in the budget anymore. Dad put his collection away at that point and there were no more annual ‘we got new sets, let’s spread out the whole collection and enjoy it nights’. When my Dad passed, my brother (whose birth caused the end of collecting) snaked the entire collection...with dollar signs in his eyes I’m sure.
So I began my own collection with my proof sets as a start. I don’t have very many coins besides those yet but am slowly working on it. I even found a big metal box just like the one Dad kept his in.
I enjoy my coins and love learning more about them (which is what brought me here). It saddens me that my brother viewed them as merely ‘money’. To me it was a big metal box filled with very fond memories.
John
Edit to add, this is my very first post here. August 30, 2022 7:30 pm.
First post. I built a collection of Indian cents and buffalo nickels over a few years. I am almost done selling them off. I am an expert at buy high, sell low!
@Speedbump said:
First post. I built a collection of Indian cents and buffalo nickels over a few years. I am almost done selling them off. I am an expert at buy high, sell low!
So what is your next endeavor that you obviously plan to think through a little better
Games closes at 7:00pm central time. So far 16 pure bred lurkers and 9 with 150 or less.
Final count sometime tomorrow - baseball practice starts at 7 cya!
Winner winner chicken dinner! The results are in...finally. I had my ball player draw one name from each stack. The stack on the left is 1st place 1st time posters and the other (second place) stack is for posters less than 150.
@johnnyb Congrats you win! And have the choice of Prize 1 or 2.
Prize 2 is a 1982 P & D souvenir set.
@UpGrayedd Congrats on second place!
PM me your shipping addresses
Thanks to everyone who participated and especially those who participated finally.
@Coinscratch said:
Winner winner chicken dinner! The results are in...finally. I had my ball player draw one name from each stack. The stack on the left is 1st place 1st time posters and the other (second place) stack is for posters less than 150.
@johnnyb Congrats you win! And have the choice of Prize 1 or 2.
Prize 2 is a 1982 P & D souvenir set.
@UpGrayedd Congrats on second place!
PM me your shipping addresses
Thanks to everyone who participated and especially those who participated finally.
That's one heck of a second prize! I believe that 1982 was one of the years they didn't issue double mint sets, and these individual mint sets sold at the actual mints' gift shops are the only official substitute.
@Coinscratch said:
Winner winner chicken dinner! The results are in...finally. I had my ball player draw one name from each stack. The stack on the left is 1st place 1st time posters and the other (second place) stack is for posters less than 150.
@johnnyb Congrats you win! And have the choice of Prize 1 or 2.
Prize 2 is a 1982 P & D souvenir set.
@UpGrayedd Congrats on second place!
PM me your shipping addresses
Thanks to everyone who participated and especially those who participated finally.
That's one heck of a second prize! I believe that 1982 was one of the years they didn't issue double mint sets, and these individual mint sets sold at the actual mints' gift shops are the only official substitute.
Congratulations to the winners!
@Coinscratch said:
Winner winner chicken dinner! The results are in...finally. I had my ball player draw one name from each stack. The stack on the left is 1st place 1st time posters and the other (second place) stack is for posters less than 150.
@johnnyb Congrats you win! And have the choice of Prize 1 or 2.
Prize 2 is a 1982 P & D souvenir set.
@UpGrayedd Congrats on second place!
PM me your shipping addresses
Thanks to everyone who participated and especially those who participated finally.
That IS an amazing prize! I especially like those neat bronze/copper(?) mint medallions that come inside the package! BTW, why didn't they make proper mint sets for 1982/1983? Did they think nobody likes mint sets anymore or something?
@Coinscratch, thank you for your thoughtful and generous giveaway! It was a fun way to bring me and other lurkers out of hiding!
Both prizes are amazing, but I’ll go with #1!
That IS an amazing prize! I especially like those neat bronze/copper(?) mint medallions that come inside the package! BTW, why didn't they make proper mint sets for 1982/1983? Did they think nobody likes mint sets anymore or something?
As I recall, they were flat out making coins for circulation and needed to trim elsewhere and the mint sets were the casualty.
These prizes are at the ParadiseFound level in terms of generosity!
Comments
If your idea of fast food is hitting a deer at 55 mph, you might be a redneck!
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
They Only Accept Parking Lot Coins
I don’t even know what a Nova Constellatio Copper is, can you post a pic of one?
Sure 🙂
Wow! That’s impressive and talk about history, knights Templar and Oak Island come to mind.
Not sure what a lurker means in the coin world. But I am new to collecting and this forum so… hello 👋
Hello! And dumb luck is better than none at all. Your entered as a 1st time poster so good job dpsht… that’s an inside joke.
Hahah
Welcome to the forum big dog
And thanks for joining in.
Thanks for welcoming me. I have posted my first decent yard sale find. And I am working on collecting 1990s era gold and silver pandas to send off for grade
Here kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty.
Lurkers are nocturnal
PS: Be sure to watch to the end because that skipping towards the camera thing he does is soooooo KAWAII!!!
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
Nice, and here’s a 6 toed feline from the home of the late and great Ernest Hemingway. From what we learned there are still at least 48 of these cats on his property and apparently they have better health insurance than most Americans, as the story goes.
You can count Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain ("Any man who loves kitties is my friend and comrade without further introduction") as well as the Prophet Muhammad (who the story goes chopped off the end of his prayer rug one day so as not to disturb kitty who was sleeping on the end of it) among the most famous cat lovers.
And can you blame them? Kitties are man's REAL best friend because they are soooooo CUUUUTTTEEEEEE!!!
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
Collector of Buffalo Nickels (and coin boards). I do it because I love the designs as well as the hunt.
Oh those look neat! What a conversation piece that must make if you got a completed one in a frame hanging on your wall! Not to mention educational!
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
Dang I’m not a lurker rip. GL to everyone who is tho
I may need to do a third prize for you for being the first to step forward
Bump
I thought it was a random drawing. I didn't even know there was a second prize much less a third.
But if nothing else it got me connected with other large cent collectors.
Thanks!
Bump> @Pacoin said:
It is Random I just keep making sit up as I go along
New to the forum
I'm getting into coin collecting thanks to my kiddo. He attended a scout merit badge class and has become very interested in collecting. I'm learning as much as possible to help him along. He absolutely loves coin roll hunting which is something he was doing before I knew there was a term for it.
In at very first post - I like it - Welcome!
Not really qualified as a lurker but first post. My parents got me a penny book when I was very young and just recently found a very nice looking 1909 V.D.B penny in my cup holder and got me interested in looking for my old "collection". Haven't found it yet though.
Through my very minimal week or 2 internet education I would grade it at XF or AU if it didn't have that corrosion mark on the obverse. Just grading for fun. What do yall think? (I know the pictures arnt the best, only using my phone)
The obverse is a brown for sure and in person the reverse is a nice red/brown. With just my eyes the VDB is so faint you can barely see a slight reflection!
@Elodin Welcome and thanks for posting! You’re in like Flynn even if you don’t peep into your neighbors windows like @Steven59
I wish the obverse looked as good as the reverse.
Oh Damn, there's a tune called "The backstabbers" - I'll find it and post it on your tune thread!
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
My Dad got me my first proof set when I was born, way back in ‘63. Got them up until ‘71 when my brother was born. Seems with one more mouth to feed they weren’t in the budget anymore. Dad put his collection away at that point and there were no more annual ‘we got new sets, let’s spread out the whole collection and enjoy it nights’. When my Dad passed, my brother (whose birth caused the end of collecting) snaked the entire collection...with dollar signs in his eyes I’m sure.
So I began my own collection with my proof sets as a start. I don’t have very many coins besides those yet but am slowly working on it. I even found a big metal box just like the one Dad kept his in.
I enjoy my coins and love learning more about them (which is what brought me here). It saddens me that my brother viewed them as merely ‘money’. To me it was a big metal box filled with very fond memories.
John
Edit to add, this is my very first post here. August 30, 2022 7:30 pm.
@JohnThePainter
Welcome and thanks for posting you’re entered for the drawing tomorrow.
Good luck on the hunt and keep following your intuition
First post. I built a collection of Indian cents and buffalo nickels over a few years. I am almost done selling them off. I am an expert at buy high, sell low!
So what is your next endeavor that you obviously plan to think through a little better
Games closes at 7:00pm central time. So far 16 pure bred lurkers and 9 with 150 or less.
Final count sometime tomorrow - baseball practice starts at 7 cya!
Winner winner chicken dinner! The results are in...finally. I had my ball player draw one name from each stack. The stack on the left is 1st place 1st time posters and the other (second place) stack is for posters less than 150.
@johnnyb Congrats you win! And have the choice of Prize 1 or 2.
Prize 2 is a 1982 P & D souvenir set.
@UpGrayedd Congrats on second place!
PM me your shipping addresses
Thanks to everyone who participated and especially those who participated
finally.
@Coinscratch thanks for your generosity.
Congratulations winners!
That's one heck of a second prize! I believe that 1982 was one of the years they didn't issue double mint sets, and these individual mint sets sold at the actual mints' gift shops are the only official substitute.
Congratulations to the winners!
Congrats to the winners and thanks again for the cool giveaway!
That IS an amazing prize! I especially like those neat bronze/copper(?) mint medallions that come inside the package! BTW, why didn't they make proper mint sets for 1982/1983? Did they think nobody likes mint sets anymore or something?
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
@Coinscratch, thank you for your thoughtful and generous giveaway! It was a fun way to bring me and other lurkers out of hiding!
Both prizes are amazing, but I’ll go with #1!
As I recall, they were flat out making coins for circulation and needed to trim elsewhere and the mint sets were the casualty.
These prizes are at the ParadiseFound level in terms of generosity!
Congratulations! And thank you!
Goes to a good guy! Thanks for the lift.
@UpGrayedd One of those dimes may or may not have FBs I don’t remember if I put one of the good ones in there or not 😉
Thanks again @Coinscratch I really appreciate all of your generosity.