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Coin-themed TV programming in the 60's was perhaps merely a reflection of the great popularity of coin collecting back then. Obsolete coinage was easy to find in circulation, and roll collecting was … (View Post)

In my collection, this coin would only serve to remind me that I was not patient enough to wait for a specimen with original, uniformly-medium silver surfaces that most would call "perfect for t… (View Post)

Yet another seller from that alternate universe where the evil Captain Kirk lives. I'm more struck by the fact that PCGS straight-graded that coin. Seriously, is anyone else surprised by this? (View Post)

As an academic, I love scholarship and scholarly threads such as this one. Thank you Tom for a very interesting article and for the staggering eye candy. Whit (View Post)

The quick backstory; back in the early 1980’s, I was a young math professor whose salary could not easily support a wife, a house, and a taste for classic commems. I kept the wife and the house, and … (View Post)