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Re: Ever call your wife (or husband) from a coin show to get an ok on a large purchase?
Feel free to accept or reject advice from one of the never-been-married, but I would assume that, if money is tight enough that coin purchases are causing relationship friction, then you're bett… (View Post)3 -
Re: What are the oldest coins that have a date?
You'll also notice that on this coin, and on most other dated coins from the 1400s, the numeral "4" hasn't quite evolved into it's modern form; it's kind-of written at a… (View Post)3 -
Re: One of the coolest things I've purchased in this business...
Actually, it does say it was a half eagle. It literally says it was a "half eagle, then being a species of gold coin current in the state of New York". This is a legal document where the ex… (View Post)4 -
Re: When you see a neat coin offerred
I never keep duplicates. Never. So to rephrase the OP's question for me personally, that would be "Would you deliberately buy a downgrade?". To which the answer is "Obviously, no&… (View Post)1 -
Re: Google Lens app and old German catalog...
I've noticed Google's translator gets confused if you ask it to translate the text on the images of the coins themselves - it can't recognize the raised lettering as text. For example,… (View Post)1