InfantryColonel ✭✭

Allow me to add to @lermish excellent handful of die theories. 1873 was the first production year and US Government implementation was in a sense rushed politically. The dies were created largely by … (View Post)

An incredibly rare 1876 Type I/I Trade Dollar (Chopmarked) which a fellow Trade Dollar Collector thought would benefit my collection……..it has and I am extremely thankful to be a “temporary custodian… (View Post)

“and enjoying coins.” What joy as in enjoy is there in a coin without Chopmarks? I spoke to a former NGC grader now out west working retail numismatics and he was talking about a program that NGC onc… (View Post)

“ In all seriousness, numsimatics is about collecting and enjoying coins” And telling coin lore stories 😀 (View Post)

And I had to send copies of the pages in the Kirchgessner book to a PCGS quality assurance person who said my TD did not have the Kirchgessner TD Variety. In the end……..I won. (View Post)