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Re: Small talk
As a young boy, my dad showed me his coin collection and explained dates, mint marks, and how coin folders worked. Something about collecting clicked. I would look through his Red Book, and he explai… (View Post)3 -
Re: 1982 Small Date
This is my 'scale' for determining copper or zinc... Use pre and post '82 pennies to adjust the "teeter" so that copper tips it but zinc doesn't The scale cost me less than a dime :-) (View Post)5 -
Re: Did you order your Apollo coin(s) today ?
silver proof. I almost always ignore commemoratives, but as a kid in the 60s I followed the space program closely, and this coin has a really nice design. (View Post)1 -
Re: Nice bunch of silver found in a collection today
Opportunities like that don't come along often. Sure, they might all be fairly well circulated, but going through an unsearched group of coins like this stirs up the excitement of search and discover… (View Post)5 -
Re: Do you included inherited coins in your sets?
I recently inherited my dad's collection. He was the one who got me started as a boy, so his coins and sets are special to me. I plan to pass on his collection and mine, requesting that these be pass… (View Post)5