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Been there. Standing over the copy stand (or photocopier) for hours is a lot harder than it looks......
Hey, do you think Dan Owens would be open to sharing any of the stuff he's pulling out of San Francisco NARA? Just saw the article in Coin World this week.
On the Philadelphia front, the copy stand there is being used by Ancestry.com and it's still unclear if NARA will free it up for NNP use. I have an EAC guy who is ready to start working there.
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Karl Moulton, RIP
I heard that Karl Moulton passed away. He loved numismatics, especially numismatic literature, and operated as a numismatic literature dealer for a number of years. He will be missed. (View Post)6 -
Re: Why did New Orleans change the mint mark in 1880?
Mintmarks changed all the time. Some Liberty Seated issues have small and large mintmarks even in the same year. (View Post)2 -
Re: Did Virgil Brand have a 1894-S Barber Dime?
See the Saul Teichman indexes to the Brand collection ledgers -- https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/archivedetail/513927?Year=2017&take=50. (View Post)2 -
Re: 1861 Confederate half dollar coin
Reverse legend rises too high from the plane of the coin. Don't feel bad. Even John Ford, Jr. couldn't authenticate an example on sight (article in upcoming Gobrecht Journal on this subject… (View Post)1 -
I Juist Found Out There is a Shake Shack in Baltimore
Most dangerous....may severely limit my hours at the coin show.....bad trading decisions may be made if Shake Shack is part of negotiation.... (View Post)5