I've probably picked up every snake I've ever seen in my life. My earliest recollection was an Eastern Hognosed snake in 1978 when I was 10 years old. I caught (and released) this beauty in my yard 10 years ago in 2014:
That’s a nice one ! I always catch and release them too. One of the pics above is a copperhead (can only see the belly). I Caught a lot of flak for catching and letting that one go.
I've probably picked up every snake I've ever seen in my life. My earliest recollection was an Eastern Hognosed snake in 1978 when I was 10 years old. I caught (and released) this beauty in my yard 10 years ago in 2014:
That’s a nice one ! I always catch and release them too. One of the pics above is a copperhead (can only see the belly). I Caught a lot of flak for catching and letting that one go.
Believe it or not, copperheads are plentiful here in Indiana (and a few timber rattlers), but strangely enough, I've never encountered a venomous snake in the wild. And I'm in the woods a lot deer hunting every Fall.
48 years old, married, kids.
All girls!
I graduated from music school in 1999, but instead of becoming a rock star, toured the lovely Middle East after 9/11 as an Army infantryman.
Winning hearts and minds along the way.
For the last 20 years, I've been masquerading as a law enforcement officer, but I'm still a closet classical pianist. I like IPAs, Rachmaninoff, Civil War exonumia, and these two beauties:
They happen to share the same DNA as me.
(@DNADave can confirm if you all don't believe me)
Pic taken from Little Round Top, Gettysburg.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
My grandmother got me started with my first coin album, the quintessential Whitman blue folder for Lincoln cents, and I've been going at it off and on ever since - six decades and counting. Canadian coins are my current passion, along with Barber half dollars.
Over the years I wore a lot of hats - Storekeeper 1st Class, USCG (1978-1982), managed, supervised and operated ice arenas and recreational facilities nearly for two decades, HR director and, to cap it all off, assistant mailman at a small liberal arts college before packing it in three years ago. Yes Virginia, I did get to drive the Zamboni...
These days my long-time squeeze of two decades and I are enjoying our golden years along with our two cats Mia and Bandit. I don't own any guns but I do seek out and shoot birds with my camera. I get to drive to the FUN Show and haven't missed one since we moved to Florida over a decade ago. I've been a forum member for a long time now, though I am not a prolific contributor by any means. It's been a real treat reading about my fellow collectors from all walks of life
I've probably picked up every snake I've ever seen in my life. My earliest recollection was an Eastern Hognosed snake in 1978 when I was 10 years old. I caught (and released) this beauty in my yard 10 years ago in 2014:
That’s a nice one ! I always catch and release them too. One of the pics above is a copperhead (can only see the belly). I Caught a lot of flak for catching and letting that one go.
Believe it or not, copperheads are plentiful here in Indiana (and a few timber rattlers), but strangely enough, I've never encountered a venomous snake in the wild. And I'm in the woods a lot deer hunting every Fall.
When I was 12 years old, we lived in a rural area of Oklahoma and I was bitten by an adult Copperhead that was in the grass but it blended in so well, I didn't even see it and stepped on the darned thing. It must have been a dry or semi dry bite because I only got mildly ill from it. I felt like I had the flu for several days. About a year later, I had a curious pimple-like thing develop on my lower left shin. It erupted during a bath and a snake fang came out of it!!! That Copperhead had broken it's fang off in my leg and I didn't even know it! I kept that fang for years. I have no idea where it is today though. One of the weirdest things I can recall happening to me. I still have a divot in my shin to this day from where the fang came out of my leg.
Dwayne
Best regards, Dwayne F. Sessom Ebay ID: V-Nickel-Coins
I've probably picked up every snake I've ever seen in my life. My earliest recollection was an Eastern Hognosed snake in 1978 when I was 10 years old. I caught (and released) this beauty in my yard 10 years ago in 2014:
That’s a nice one ! I always catch and release them too. One of the pics above is a copperhead (can only see the belly). I Caught a lot of flak for catching and letting that one go.
Believe it or not, copperheads are plentiful here in Indiana (and a few timber rattlers), but strangely enough, I've never encountered a venomous snake in the wild. And I'm in the woods a lot deer hunting every Fall.
When I was 12 years old, we lived in a rural area of Oklahoma and I was bitten by an adult Copperhead that was in the grass but it blended in so well, I didn't even see it and stepped on the darned thing. It must have been a dry or semi dry bite because I only got mildly ill from it. I felt like I had the flu for several days. About a year later, I had a curious pimple-like thing develop on my lower left shin. It erupted during a bath and a snake fang came out of it!!! That Copperhead had broken it's fang off in my leg and I didn't even know it! I kept that fang for years. I have no idea where it is today though. One of the weirdest things I can recall happening to me. I still have a divot in my shin to this day from where the fang came out of my leg.
I'm Jim...Call me that, call me James, call me Bustchaser, call me OKBC. I've answered to all of them on this board.
I started collecting as an 11yo back in 1963 when I found (what I later learned was) a 1917 type 1 standing liberty quarter--woo-hoo, naked boob. I was hooked for life.
I'm a double retiree--1975-1996 US Army then starting in 2002 spent 23 years as an IT specialist for the state of Oklahoma.
Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
@OKbustchaser said:
I'm Jim...Call me that, call me James, call me Bustchaser, call me OKBC. I've answered to all of them on this board.
I started collecting as an 11yo back in 1963 when I found (what I later learned was) a 1917 type 1 standing liberty quarter--woo-hoo, naked boob. I was hooked for life.
I'm a double retiree--1975-1996 US Army then starting in 2002 spent 23 years as an IT specialist for the state of Oklahoma.
We need to meet up sometime! I am Senior PC Tech at Reynolds Army Health Clinic, working for the DoD at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I started this job in November of 1999, so I have been here 25 years so far!
You obviously live in Oklahoma, and love numismatics. We seem to have at least those things in common!
That's RumbleZ, my 2008 daily driven Corvette Z06 in the foreground.
Best regards,
Dwayne F. Sessom
Best regards, Dwayne F. Sessom Ebay ID: V-Nickel-Coins
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That is the best line of corporate completely meaningless double speak that I have seen in a while! Congratulations!
I just figured it was written by AI> @OAKSTAR said:
Hey guys, I'll be wearing this same tie dye shirt at the FUN show. If you see me, stop me and say hello!
Say "No" to crack!
I think someone needs to invest in a pair of suspenders. Maybe a couple of pairs). Just sayin
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Me from about 25 years ago. Thinks have changed from then.
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@DCW said:
48 years old, married, kids.
All girls!
I graduated from music school in 1999, but instead of becoming a rock star, toured the lovely Middle East after 9/11 as an Army infantryman.
Winning hearts and minds along the way.
For the last 20 years, I've been masquerading as a law enforcement officer, but I'm still a closet classical pianist. I like IPAs, Rachmaninoff, Civil War exonumia, and these two beauties:
They happen to share the same DNA as me.
(@DNADave can confirm if you all don't believe me)
Pic taken from Little Round Top, Gettysburg.
@DCW said:
48 years old, married, kids.
All girls!
I graduated from music school in 1999, but instead of becoming a rock star, toured the lovely Middle East after 9/11 as an Army infantryman.
Winning hearts and minds along the way.
For the last 20 years, I've been masquerading as a law enforcement officer, but I'm still a closet classical pianist. I like IPAs, Rachmaninoff, Civil War exonumia, and these two beauties:
They happen to share the same DNA as me.
(@DNADave can confirm if you all don't believe me)
Pic taken from Little Round Top, Gettysburg.
Thank you for your service!
The longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it possible for an empire to rise without His aid? Benjamin Franklin
Well 45 years in the printing industry....
Delivery of art work, bluelines, ( without computers around ) and press checks in person.
Shipping and receiving Mgr.
Cutter
Camera (developing and stripping of negatives for platting)
Graphic Design
Rigger
Pressman 1, 2, and 4 color presses.
Sales.
Did I forget anything ?..................
3 days of fighting with smart phones and photobucket has been futile, so I will have to try a with pictures post at a later date.
My name is James. I am a son of the prairie. I was born on a freezing January day (nothing would start), in a farm house that started out as a Pony Express Station. A tornado would destroy the place in 1965 and we would move to a town called Pipestone, Minnesota. Pipestone is a mecca for North American Indians.
I am married to a woman named Marykay. She is a Sioux Falls SD girl and was raised in a house built by the first Attorney General of south Dakota. We would meet in college. We have one surviving child, a daughter named Allison. She lives with us and is the head librarian for 3 surrounding towns.
The house we live in is one of the last remaining founder houses. A man named Major Blake built the first portion in 1870. A sod hut was here previously and our backyard still shows where they cut the sod. Blake was a member of the Army of the Potomac's Sixth Corp.
More than 100 members of that corp. chose to settle here. My wife wrote a college funded book called "Listen for the Whistle at the Bend in the River", about settling this area.
For those of you who travel, from the East you will come down a set of bluffs that surround the Minnesota river and enter a large prairie. (Note: the floors from our house were made from Hardwood Redwoods harvested there in 1868), From the West you will find a large set of hills and bluffs called buffalo Ridge. It is where the Indians use to stampede the buffalo during their hunts. the in between area is dotted with many small towns, each one exactly 7 miles apart. That is because that is how far a train could travel before needing wood/coal and water.
I have lived and worked here my entire life. I sold fuller Brush for a few years and later worked over 35 years as a janitorial supply salesman in this area. (my daughter calls this the "shire'). I also started a commercial floor cleaning business when I was 20 years old and right now I am semi retired. There is not a town in 75 miles of here I have not worked in.
The reason I am on this site, besides my fascination with History, is of course coins. remember the tornado I mentioned? When I was helping my father clean up destroyed trees I found an old purse holding old silver quarters. Even sweeter, one of my older brothers was caught trying to convince me the coins were worthless and got a massive spanking. Only those beat on by older siblings will get that.
In my life I have built the ubiquitous Lincoln sets, did coin roll hunting (enough that I sold part of my set for almost $4,000 dollars during the Hunt brother run up). and have worked on coin sets for about every silver denomination. Since the late 1990'S I have focused on Seated coins. My current emphasis is on coins from the 1837 to 1852 period.
I mentioned my human companions but would be remiss if I did not mention posthumously, my beloved heart dog Cinnamon the Papillon (avatar). and my recently lost friend Elliot the ginger cat. Currently we live with a 7 year old Papillon named Belle and a 4 month old kitten named Ollie. (In the old Norse language the name Ollie means "little elf warrior'). Are not all kittens? We also have a few aquariums.
thanks for taking the time to read. James
My name is Jason, I'm 54. I've been collecting since around 1980. Originally from Montana, and joined the military right after high school. Spent 10 years on active duty and then eventually settled in Colorado. For the last 15 years I've attempted to put together an ANACS photo cert U.S. types set. It's somewhat turning into a hoard.
Need a Barber Half with ANACS photo certificate. If you have one for sale please PM me. Current Ebay auctions
@Mr_Spud said:
No cats for me either, my wife and I are more into rabbits, have had several over the years, none currently though. Here’s Dancer, the last one we had that died a few years ago.
Chuck was keyboardist for Eric Clapton on his Unplugged album IIRC.
Correct. In fact.
, Chuck is mentioned in the beautiful song Alberta.
Chuck is the greatest rock pianist of all time. and yes, better than Leon Russell (who I love), Elton John., and Jerry Lee Lewis. Th only one that approaches him is Chris Stainton, who also played with Clapton, among many others.
From my recollection of Chuck from having watched the Unplugged video. I would never have made the connection. Then again I could say the same about Andy Fairweather Low Crossroads 2013 vintage who was also a part of Clapton's band at the time.
@FlyingAl said:
I'm Alex, and I suppose I'll be the youngest member to post in this thread as a member - I think Phil's son takes the cake for being youngest in the thread.
Got into coins with the gift of an Ike dollar, and I guess that I was stubborn enough to stay. When I'm not busy with life and college, I usually fill that time with coins, which now is usually photography.
I tried to follow your posts but found out I cannot. In my opinion you are doing and will continue to do big things for numismatics in the coming years.
I got into the dealer side of rare coins, only because someone unexpectedly put the idea into my head - more about that, shortly. I started collecting at an early age (about 8). And growing up in Manhatten, I went to Stack’s on many Saturday mornings with my younger brother. It was such a thrill to look into their cases, examine coins that were sitting in display trays, and even bid in their auctions, on occasion.
My enthusiasm for collecting ebbed and flowed over the years, and for reasons unknown to me, took off again when I was in my 20’s. One day, while in my third year of law school and still not sure whether I wanted to take up law as a career, I had a phone conversation that paved the way to my career in rare coins. I was talking to a salesperson at New England Rare Coin Galleries (owned by a some guy named Jim Halperin 😉) and out of the blue, he said something along the lines of “You should think about going into the coin business. You’d like it and you’d be good at it.”
Until I heard those words, I’d never once considered rare coins as a profession. But once I heard them, that was it. I interviewed with New England Rare Coin Galleries and Steve Ivy Rare Coins and received offers from both companies. After a tough time making a decision, I chose Steve Ivy Rare coins. Since graduation from law school was just a few months away, I went ahead and finished, got my degree and passed my bar exam. It sure was hard to make myself study for the “bar”, knowing I wasn’t going to practice! Roughly two weeks later, in the summer of 1979, I was off to Dallas to begin my career in numismatics.
During the past 45 years, I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had some wonderful jobs and experiences, including handling more than my fair share of amazing coins. I’ve worked for Steve Ivy Rare Coins, Heritage, David Hall, Mark Salzberg, Pinnacle Rarities, as a grader at NGC and had my own coin business. And I didn’t plan any of it!
In the past, other than coins, I’ve collected tin windup Popeye toys from the 30’s and 40’s (with their original cardboard boxes, when possible) and Martin Brothers pottery.
It’s been far too long, but I love to snorkel. I also love to go to concerts to see my favorite artists from the 60’s and 70’s who are still performing. Sadly, their numbers are dwindling. But that makes each concert experience even more special to me.
I tried to follow you also. You look better in this photo than your professional one. Do you ever go to the major shows to monitor the auctions? I'd bet you would have a group of collectors around you picking your brain like that guy Breen.
@PeakRarities said:
It does appear that there is notable correlation with both firearms, and meow, felines too. I think we need some more “field research”.
Do you need to pay a tax each year for each suppressor?
I got into the dealer side of rare coins, only because someone unexpectedly put the idea into my head - more about that, shortly. I started collecting at an early age (about 8). And growing up in Manhatten, I went to Stack’s on many Saturday mornings with my younger brother. It was such a thrill to look into their cases, examine coins that were sitting in display trays, and even bid in their auctions, on occasion.
My enthusiasm for collecting ebbed and flowed over the years, and for reasons unknown to me, took off again when I was in my 20’s. One day, while in my third year of law school and still not sure whether I wanted to take up law as a career, I had a phone conversation that paved the way to my career in rare coins. I was talking to a salesperson at New England Rare Coin Galleries (owned by a some guy named Jim Halperin 😉) and out of the blue, he said something along the lines of “You should think about going into the coin business. You’d like it and you’d be good at it.”
Until I heard those words, I’d never once considered rare coins as a profession. But once I heard them, that was it. I interviewed with New England Rare Coin Galleries and Steve Ivy Rare Coins and received offers from both companies. After a tough time making a decision, I chose Steve Ivy Rare coins. Since graduation from law school was just a few months away, I went ahead and finished, got my degree and passed my bar exam. It sure was hard to make myself study for the “bar”, knowing I wasn’t going to practice! Roughly two weeks later, in the summer of 1979, I was off to Dallas to begin my career in numismatics.
During the past 45 years, I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had some wonderful jobs and experiences, including handling more than my fair share of amazing coins. I’ve worked for Steve Ivy Rare Coins, Heritage, David Hall, Mark Salzberg, Pinnacle Rarities, as a grader at NGC and had my own coin business. And I didn’t plan any of it!
In the past, other than coins, I’ve collected tin windup Popeye toys from the 30’s and 40’s (with their original cardboard boxes, when possible) and Martin Brothers pottery.
It’s been far too long, but I love to snorkel. I also love to go to concerts to see my favorite artists from the 60’s and 70’s who are still performing. Sadly, their numbers are dwindling. But that makes each concert experience even more special to me.
I tried to follow you also. You look better in this photo than your professional one. Do you ever go to the major shows to monitor the auctions? I'd bet you would have a group of collectors around you picking your brain like that guy Breen.
I haven’t been to a coin show in several years. For much of my career, I attended them fairly frequently and when I did, kept quite busy. I don’t really miss the business end of it but I do miss visiting with collectors and dealer friends.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
@SeattleSlammer he is growing up so fast. Have a Happy New Year bud.
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I got to 4 coin shows in 2025 and played 76 gigs; solo, duo, with my trio, my quintet and one more upcoming on New Year's Eve with the 17 piece swing band I perform with
"Should auld aquaintance be forgot,..."
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
I got into the dealer side of rare coins, only because someone unexpectedly put the idea into my head - more about that, shortly. I started collecting at an early age (about 8). And growing up in Manhatten, I went to Stack’s on many Saturday mornings with my younger brother. It was such a thrill to look into their cases, examine coins that were sitting in display trays, and even bid in their auctions, on occasion.
My enthusiasm for collecting ebbed and flowed over the years, and for reasons unknown to me, took off again when I was in my 20’s. One day, while in my third year of law school and still not sure whether I wanted to take up law as a career, I had a phone conversation that paved the way to my career in rare coins. I was talking to a salesperson at New England Rare Coin Galleries (owned by a some guy named Jim Halperin 😉) and out of the blue, he said something along the lines of “You should think about going into the coin business. You’d like it
I tried to follow you also. You look better in this photo than your professional one. Do you ever go to the major shows to monitor the auctions? I'd bet you would have a group of collectors around you picking your brain like that guy Breen.
I haven’t been to a coin show in several years. For much of my career, I attended them fairly frequently and when I did, kept quite busy. I don’t really miss the business end of it but I do miss visiting with collectors and dealer friends.
Bummer; I always check at the Heritage tables at the FUN shows to see if you’re around. Now I know why I haven’t seen you.
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That’s a nice one ! I always catch and release them too. One of the pics above is a copperhead (can only see the belly). I Caught a lot of flak for catching and letting that one go.
Believe it or not, copperheads are plentiful here in Indiana (and a few timber rattlers), but strangely enough, I've never encountered a venomous snake in the wild. And I'm in the woods a lot deer hunting every Fall.
My Carson City Morgan Registry Set
48 years old, married, kids.
All girls!
I graduated from music school in 1999, but instead of becoming a rock star, toured the lovely Middle East after 9/11 as an Army infantryman.
Winning hearts and minds along the way.
For the last 20 years, I've been masquerading as a law enforcement officer, but I'm still a closet classical pianist. I like IPAs, Rachmaninoff, Civil War exonumia, and these two beauties:
They happen to share the same DNA as me.
(@DNADave can confirm if you all don't believe me)
Pic taken from Little Round Top, Gettysburg.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
I'd like to say, spot on, of my image,
my Farrahest, Madusa ?........
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Girls will be girls,
and boys will be toys...........
My grandmother got me started with my first coin album, the quintessential Whitman blue folder for Lincoln cents, and I've been going at it off and on ever since - six decades and counting. Canadian coins are my current passion, along with Barber half dollars.
Over the years I wore a lot of hats - Storekeeper 1st Class, USCG (1978-1982), managed, supervised and operated ice arenas and recreational facilities nearly for two decades, HR director and, to cap it all off, assistant mailman at a small liberal arts college before packing it in three years ago. Yes Virginia, I did get to drive the Zamboni...
These days my long-time squeeze of two decades and I are enjoying our golden years along with our two cats Mia and Bandit. I don't own any guns but I do seek out and shoot birds with my camera. I get to drive to the FUN Show and haven't missed one since we moved to Florida over a decade ago. I've been a forum member for a long time now, though I am not a prolific contributor by any means. It's been a real treat reading about my fellow collectors from all walks of life
Bananaquit
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Groove-billed Ani
When I was 12 years old, we lived in a rural area of Oklahoma and I was bitten by an adult Copperhead that was in the grass but it blended in so well, I didn't even see it and stepped on the darned thing. It must have been a dry or semi dry bite because I only got mildly ill from it. I felt like I had the flu for several days. About a year later, I had a curious pimple-like thing develop on my lower left shin. It erupted during a bath and a snake fang came out of it!!! That Copperhead had broken it's fang off in my leg and I didn't even know it! I kept that fang for years. I have no idea where it is today though. One of the weirdest things I can recall happening to me. I still have a divot in my shin to this day from where the fang came out of my leg.
Dwayne
Dwayne F. Sessom
Ebay ID: V-Nickel-Coins
Dwayne 1, Copperhead 0
I'm Jim...Call me that, call me James, call me Bustchaser, call me OKBC. I've answered to all of them on this board.
I started collecting as an 11yo back in 1963 when I found (what I later learned was) a 1917 type 1 standing liberty quarter--woo-hoo, naked boob. I was hooked for life.
I'm a double retiree--1975-1996 US Army then starting in 2002 spent 23 years as an IT specialist for the state of Oklahoma.
We need to meet up sometime! I am Senior PC Tech at Reynolds Army Health Clinic, working for the DoD at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I started this job in November of 1999, so I have been here 25 years so far!
You obviously live in Oklahoma, and love numismatics. We seem to have at least those things in common!
That's RumbleZ, my 2008 daily driven Corvette Z06 in the foreground.
Best regards,
Dwayne F. Sessom
Dwayne F. Sessom
Ebay ID: V-Nickel-Coins
I think someone needs to invest in a pair of suspenders. Maybe a couple of pairs). Just sayin
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Small world. I saw him at the Charleston Music Hall a year or two ago. Who knows, we might have been at the same concert!
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Retired English Professor;hence, the author JD Salinger photo tag and poet Percy B Shelley name identity.
Somehow, with this post, think I now know even less about you than I did before. Very Impressve, given the context of the thread! 👍
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Silverman68, jfoot13, GAB, ricman, Smittys, scrapman1077, RyGuy, Connecticoin, Meltdown, VikingDude, Peaceman, Patches and more.
Thank you for your service!
Well 45 years in the printing industry....
Delivery of art work, bluelines, ( without computers around ) and press checks in person.
Shipping and receiving Mgr.
Cutter
Camera (developing and stripping of negatives for platting)
Graphic Design
Rigger
Pressman 1, 2, and 4 color presses.
Sales.
Did I forget anything ?..................
3 days of fighting with smart phones and photobucket has been futile, so I will have to try a with pictures post at a later date.
My name is James. I am a son of the prairie. I was born on a freezing January day (nothing would start), in a farm house that started out as a Pony Express Station. A tornado would destroy the place in 1965 and we would move to a town called Pipestone, Minnesota. Pipestone is a mecca for North American Indians.
I am married to a woman named Marykay. She is a Sioux Falls SD girl and was raised in a house built by the first Attorney General of south Dakota. We would meet in college. We have one surviving child, a daughter named Allison. She lives with us and is the head librarian for 3 surrounding towns.
The house we live in is one of the last remaining founder houses. A man named Major Blake built the first portion in 1870. A sod hut was here previously and our backyard still shows where they cut the sod. Blake was a member of the Army of the Potomac's Sixth Corp.
More than 100 members of that corp. chose to settle here. My wife wrote a college funded book called "Listen for the Whistle at the Bend in the River", about settling this area.
For those of you who travel, from the East you will come down a set of bluffs that surround the Minnesota river and enter a large prairie. (Note: the floors from our house were made from Hardwood Redwoods harvested there in 1868), From the West you will find a large set of hills and bluffs called buffalo Ridge. It is where the Indians use to stampede the buffalo during their hunts. the in between area is dotted with many small towns, each one exactly 7 miles apart. That is because that is how far a train could travel before needing wood/coal and water.
I have lived and worked here my entire life. I sold fuller Brush for a few years and later worked over 35 years as a janitorial supply salesman in this area. (my daughter calls this the "shire'). I also started a commercial floor cleaning business when I was 20 years old and right now I am semi retired. There is not a town in 75 miles of here I have not worked in.
The reason I am on this site, besides my fascination with History, is of course coins. remember the tornado I mentioned? When I was helping my father clean up destroyed trees I found an old purse holding old silver quarters. Even sweeter, one of my older brothers was caught trying to convince me the coins were worthless and got a massive spanking. Only those beat on by older siblings will get that.
In my life I have built the ubiquitous Lincoln sets, did coin roll hunting (enough that I sold part of my set for almost $4,000 dollars during the Hunt brother run up). and have worked on coin sets for about every silver denomination. Since the late 1990'S I have focused on Seated coins. My current emphasis is on coins from the 1837 to 1852 period.
I mentioned my human companions but would be remiss if I did not mention posthumously, my beloved heart dog Cinnamon the Papillon (avatar). and my recently lost friend Elliot the ginger cat. Currently we live with a 7 year old Papillon named Belle and a 4 month old kitten named Ollie. (In the old Norse language the name Ollie means "little elf warrior'). Are not all kittens? We also have a few aquariums.
thanks for taking the time to read. James
My name is Jason, I'm 54. I've been collecting since around 1980. Originally from Montana, and joined the military right after high school. Spent 10 years on active duty and then eventually settled in Colorado. For the last 15 years I've attempted to put together an ANACS photo cert U.S. types set. It's somewhat turning into a hoard.
Retired plumber I see?
One of these guys was me a lifetime ago...
Rabbits. I love it! 😎
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From my recollection of Chuck from having watched the Unplugged video. I would never have made the connection. Then again I could say the same about Andy Fairweather Low Crossroads 2013 vintage who was also a part of Clapton's band at the time.
Myself and my dad.Kulick river,Alaska
I tried to follow your posts but found out I cannot. In my opinion you are doing and will continue to do big things for numismatics in the coming years.
You are a moderator somewhere too.
I tried to follow you also. You look better in this photo than your professional one. Do you ever go to the major shows to monitor the auctions? I'd bet you would have a group of collectors around you picking your brain like that guy Breen.
Do you need to pay a tax each year for each suppressor?
MY UNCLE RALPH IS IN YOUR PICTURE!
I haven’t been to a coin show in several years. For much of my career, I attended them fairly frequently and when I did, kept quite busy. I don’t really miss the business end of it but I do miss visiting with collectors and dealer friends.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
@SeattleSlammer he is growing up so fast. Have a Happy New Year bud.
This is me
I got to 4 coin shows in 2025 and played 76 gigs; solo, duo, with my trio, my quintet and one more upcoming on New Year's Eve with the 17 piece swing band I perform with
"Should auld aquaintance be forgot,..."
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
No. You pay a one-time $200 NFA tax for EACH item at the time of purchase and nothing more.
My Carson City Morgan Registry Set
Bummer; I always check at the Heritage tables at the FUN shows to see if you’re around. Now I know why I haven’t seen you.