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19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
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Does anybody remember Adrian from Anaconda Rare Coins?



If so, does anybody have any contact information? I'm looking for info on Costa Rica.
I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



The name is LEE!

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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,490 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He is back in business in Texas in the IT field.

    He posts on Facebook under his name.

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    image

    I would walk down main street with them anytime.
    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh man I miss that guy.
  • SoCalBigMarkSoCalBigMark Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That photo archive exists and needs to be available to most.
  • EastonCollectionEastonCollection Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I remember Anaconda - both Adrian and Brandon - They had some of the best selections at shows. At one show, I asked them to find a red large cent for me. They found the brightest red large cent that I ever saw. Still looks like a 2015 cent. After I purchased it I got it cac'd.
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    Easton Collection
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That cent is AMAZING!!



    Yep, Adrian is easily contacted on Facebook... I chat with him frequently... He also runs a coin forum on Facebook... just for older coins though. Cheers, RickO
  • EastonCollectionEastonCollection Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For some reason, they always had amazing coins in their inventory. It was always easy to buy coins form them and they always accepted a layaways from me, Got some great coins from them!

    Easton Collection
  • JOsborneJOsborne Posts: 115 ✭✭✭
    I too purchased several coins from Adrian which I never plan on selling. Works of art. He is extremely knowledgeable about all things US Coinage. Crazy thing is he's just as smart about US Currency. I used to love reading and rereading his auction listings which always included a lot of useful information. Anaconda Rare Coins...ahh the good ol' days...
  • winkywinky Posts: 1,671 ✭
    That is one pretty penny.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Originally posted by: winky
    That is one pretty penny.


  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,166 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I seem to recall a certain Peace Dollar....
    Early Dollar Set
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great coin Easton!


    Does Adrian ever talk about getting back into coin dealing?
    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    His stuff was usually spectacular...and spectacularly pricey! The Tiffany's of coin dealers...

    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: tradedollarnut
    I seem to recall a certain Peace Dollar....


    That brought a (wicked) smile to my face.

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  • numismanumisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭
    Adrian is a great example of the color and fire once found daily on the PCGS forums. There was never a dull moment. Anaconda's story was too crazy to be real, but I was informed first hand that it did actually happen. It could have been made into a Hollywood movie.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,606 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Sonorandesertrat

    Originally posted by: tradedollarnut

    I seem to recall a certain Peace Dollar....




    That brought a (wicked) smile to my face.







    Anyone care to share the story?

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,112 ✭✭✭✭
    Hard to kick any of his coins out of bed.image

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    Derek

    EAC 6024
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: PerryHall

    Originally posted by: Sonorandesertrat

    Originally posted by: tradedollarnut

    I seem to recall a certain Peace Dollar....



    That brought a (wicked) smile to my face.



    Anyone care to share the story?



    If you search the forums, you'll find some threads about it. It was a TPG certified coin that was previously sold by gototoningcoins on eBay.
    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know Brandon went his separate way, was gone for a while, then came back pretty prominently, but now appears to be gone again or in hibernation? .... his site is still up but it has been a long time since there were any obvious updates.
  • RehctelfRehctelf Posts: 103 ✭✭
    I have one of his Anaconda hockey jerseys somewhere ;-)
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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Zoins
    Originally posted by: PerryHall

    Originally posted by: Sonorandesertrat

    Originally posted by: tradedollarnut

    I seem to recall a certain Peace Dollar....



    That brought a (wicked) smile to my face.



    Anyone care to share the story?



    If you search the forums, you'll find some threads about it. It was a TPG certified coin that was previously sold by gototoningcoins on eBay.





    Found a good thread on this coin here. It was a raw, AT coin sold by gototoningcoins for $55 on eBay. Then it was slabbed by a TPG and offered for $12k. It was taken off the market after being flagged as AT. Some more discussion on gototoning here and here. Sounds like gototoningcoins was in business at least from 2003 to 2008.


    From the photos, the Peace dollar had a very strange look and it was very different than the other coins carried by Anaconda.
    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A colorful character in the coin world. And his former associate Brandon, and he are still two guys who motivated me to work harder in the business. And what a grueling bidness.
  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: SeattleSlammer

    I know Brandon went his separate way, was gone for a while, then came back pretty prominently, but now appears to be gone again or in hibernation? .... his site is still up but it has been a long time since there were any obvious updates.




    Not that I know of. There was a thread recently with some of Brandon's amazing photography. They had some great coins.
    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    Think about looking into Panama instead of CR. Panama is cheaper and more familiar.
    Becky
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Went back and reviewed my PM's with Anaconda starting in 2002 - always a pleasant exchange. He is a very bright individual and talented in many ways.
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,166 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So was Breen
    Early Dollar Set
  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: TwoSides2aCoin
    A colorful character in the coin world. And his former associate Brandon, and he are still two guys who motivated me to work harder in the business. And what a grueling bidness.


    Why is it such a grueling business ?

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So was Breen.



    I'm hoping the rest of the story was a coin transaction. image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: bidask
    Originally posted by: TwoSides2aCoin
    A colorful character in the coin world. And his former associate Brandon, and he are still two guys who motivated me to work harder in the business. And what a grueling bidness.


    Why is it such a grueling business ?



    Call me , toll free. I'll give you the low down.
  • JOsborneJOsborne Posts: 115 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: tradedollarnut
    So was Breen


    I'm pretty sure Adrian prefers women.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: JOsborne

    Originally posted by: tradedollarnut

    So was Breen




    I'm pretty sure Adrian prefers women.




    Costa Rican sisters, as I recall...



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  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,112 ✭✭✭✭
    In sure many are jealousimage
    Derek

    EAC 6024
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