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...We just had an earthquake here in the Bay Area at 5.6 on the Richter Scale with the epicenter about 9 miles north of San Jose. Post a coin with a die crack.image
...I hope all are ok.image
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    oxy8890oxy8890 Posts: 1,416
    A toned commem is not approved unless it is DizzyFoxx Approved. Better known as D.F.A...............................

    Do you have stickers?
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    Best Regards,

    Rob


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    dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>A toned commem is not approved unless it is DizzyFoxx Approved. Better known as D.F.A...............................

    Do you have stickers?
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    No, but I would welcome anyone who wants to PM me images of their toned commems and I'll render my decision as to whether or not thay are D.F.A.imageimage
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    we shook pretty well up here in Danville. They all seem pretty tame when compared to 89, but that wasn't bad.
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    alfalfaalfalfa Posts: 275 ✭✭
    Felt it here in central CoCo as well.

    RJ
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    what about pics of plumbers crack ?
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    my latest 1832 (just can't stay away from them)

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    DJCoinzDJCoinz Posts: 3,856


    << <i>what about pics of plumbers crack ? >>

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    aka Dan
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    PistareenPistareen Posts: 1,506 ✭✭✭
    How about the famous "Snipe Nose" variety of Connecticut copper, with its remarkable (and painful-looking) horizontal bisector?

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    Or, the Grandaddy of all bisecting cracks, the one that Sheldon himself called "The Bisecting Crack," 1793 S-14 Liberty Cap.

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    I've only been in two earthquakes, one in Pennsylvania and one in Maryland. I bet dollars to donuts neither of them was anywhere near a 5.6! The one in PA when I was a kid made my glass of milk go from side to side, the one in MD a few years ago made my window shake. Nothing cracked.
    John Kraljevich, Director of Numismatic Americana, Stack's Bowers Galleries
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    clw54clw54 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭


    << <i>we shook pretty well up here in Danville. They all seem pretty tame when compared to 89, but that wasn't bad. >>



    I went to high school there.
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    WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    I am in Cupertino and I just finished checking for damage. News is saying that the earthquake originated at a depth of 5.5 miles on the Calaveras fault and centered in the Alum Rock area of Eastern San Jose in the Diablo Mountain range (Carl Wolhforth's area). There was substantial shaking, but in all honesty the shaking didn't feel as strong as a 5.6.

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    dogwooddogwood Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭✭
    We shook quite a bit here in downtown San Jose. Lost some decent vintage ceramic and glass that never got puttied down. Milo the Boston Terrier squirted tears. Coulda been worse.
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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,244 ✭✭✭✭✭
    5.6 will cause Earthquake Safety Valves on gas meters to trigger.

    Everyone check their water heater pilot.

    Could be a cold shower tomorrow.

    Hope everyone's safe.


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    CalGoldCalGold Posts: 2,608 ✭✭
    It shook the house for a pretty long time. Not a real hard jolting one but a long continuous shaking. Longest duration I can recall since 1989, but not nearly as powerful. No damage here.

    CG
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    <<Alum Rock area of Eastern San Jose in the Diablo Mountain range (Carl Wolhforth's area).>>

    Thanks for remembering Wei!

    I walk to Alum Rock every day. All pictures are slanted. Even though I hadn't added water to my fish tank it splashed water over the floor. Books fell off shelves. Glasses too. Broken glass is on the floor.

    I was able to take cover. The eipcenter is 5 miles from my house. It is described as a moderate quake. I was able to take cover. During the '89 Loma Prieta quake I was not able to take cover. I could not walk. More later...
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    anoldgoatanoldgoat Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭
    I live in South San Jose. Here we heard a big bang, kinda like a very close lightning strike which was both felt and heard, then the shaking started. No one calling in to KRON 4 mentioned the bang.

    The worst one I've been though here was in 1988. I lived in the Milpitas foothills when a 5.3 centered about two mile east struck in the early morning. I was nearly thrown out of my water bed and awoke to explosions, flashing light, breaking glass and shaking. Then windows where breaking thruout the neighborhood and power transformers were blowing all around. I thought we were being bombed.
    Alright! Who removed the cork from my lunch?

    W.C. Fields
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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A bit higher on the Richter Scale then a die crack.

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    MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    How 'bout some 22's.

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    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1808/7 overdate with a strike through error.

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    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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    CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,345 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We felt nothing up here in Santa Rosa but I was on the phone with a buddy in San Jose when it happened. He said they felt it pretty good, no damage though.

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    WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 7,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is my favorite 1922 D

    WS


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    23Pairer23Pairer Posts: 911 ✭✭✭
    Hope all are well!
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    Nice die cracked coins!

    Well I didn't feel any aftershocks. I did hear a noise just before the quake. It sounded to me like a train was coming, then it felt like a train hit the house! If you are right on top of a 5+ quake you can feel it pretty strongly. The big quakes are felt more widely.
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    57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭


    << <i>...We just had an earthquake here in the Bay Area at 5.6 on the Richter Scale with the epicenter about 9 miles north of San Jose. Post a coin with a die crack.image
    ...I hope all are ok.image >>



    do you mean your mega cool Oregon comm. is closer to me than I thought? here in Monterey area it was just a wee rumble, my house is on bedrock so it doesn't shake much, yet it was felt for a few seconds.

    ps i had one dies crack coin but i sold it
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    OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,570 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glad to hear that it seems everyone is okay.

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    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
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    tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
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    CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,345 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Holy Crap that's cool !



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