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Re: BayState coin show. Crickets? Did anyone go?
My cost to attend this show: 4 hours to drive 200 miles, a half a tank of gas, the 10 dollar admission fee, and another 10 dollars at Subway on the way home. I couldn't find the higher-ticket coins I… (View Post)5 -
Re: Let's see your strongest strike and/or your most worn-out coin(s)
I like to think of coins such as the worn Peace dollar as having done their decades-long jobs of greasing the wheels of the US economy. Imagine all of the purchases that were made with that coin. (View Post)6 -
Re: 1921-s Walking Liberty Half Dollar
I am attempting to assemble a matched set of Walkers in VF. It took me 5 years to find the 16-S . It came in a PCGS-VF 35 holder with a green CAC, and I haven't seen another approximation to mine sin… (View Post)3 -
Re: Jay North, star of "Dennis the Menace" numismatic television series, dies at 73
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)1 -
Re: 1879-CC Morgan ~ opinions on eye appeal?
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)1