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Re: What now for PCI?
<< <i> << <i> << <i>what should/could they do to become respected again? >> Make this the rule, rather then the exception: Russ, NCNE >> Russ if I may ask, will you attempt to cross that coin, crack it out or sell as is? >> Mr. Russ, I realize that I have only 300 posts over the last year instead of 30,000 but please give… -
Q: Why the fuss over holed coins?
From what i've read, mainly book about western mining towns in the latter half of the 1800s, holed coins were reviled. A holed coin was lighter than a "whole" coin. Folks felt that putting a hole in the coin was a way to skim metal off of the coin. Hole about, say, 40 coins and you have one free coin. There were many… -
James Ross Snowden's 1860 Description of 1858 Cent Patterns
From A Description Of Ancient and Modern Coins, In the Cabinet Collection at the Mint of the United States (pages 120-121): In 1858, a new device was contemplated for the nickel cent, and several varieties of that cent were coined. Of these there were three different obverses. 1st. The obverse of the legal cents of 1857-8.… -
COIN GIVE AWAY OR, (ROAST) the winner is!
In Honor of Russ for his devotion and, exceptional replies to help forum members with honesty and devotion. I will give away a nice silver coin for to the best summery and, A** kissing in honor Russ. Graded as a 70 point system I will award points to the best post (as to How Russ has helped you in your coin collecting… -
Re: And now we bring you the US Coin Forum's exciting game...Guess The Alt!?!? aka... an Alt or Not an A
Soooo...anyone have any guesses on who this ocon person really is? ...and for the record and FWIW... whenever "Family Guy" comes on the boob-tube (such an appropriate term when referencing that show)... I don't just change the station... I turn off the TV so it can be purged and cleansed... to me, the popularity of that… -
Re: Article on "moderns" on Doug Winter's raregoldcoins.com site
At this point, EBay and Teletrade must be considered the largest modern coins dealers. as i said before, Russ nailed these two along with Heritage very early in the "Name Three......" thread and was dismissed. the conclusion i draw is that either Russ was right or Mr. Winter is wrong. if Russ is right, the responsible… -
B & M dealer; I didnt make a fuss, but
... I really wanted to. I stopped by a coin shop while on a road trip- a place where I had bought a few coins earlier this year; since i paid his prices, I assume that it was a profitable transaction for him. This trip, I thought that I'd try to unload a few circulated Barber Halves (F- VF), some common, some not, for pin… -
Re: The "hypocritical dichotomy" of our membership!!
<< <i> << <i> << <i> << <i> << <i>This has nothing to do with coins. Get over yourself. >> This is about two coin threads that were deleted and therefore is about coins. Or, did you become the third forum cop in this thread?? >> Keets Coinguy1 TWQG Russ Is my count off? >> Sure is!! >> Sorry... Amended list: Keets Coinguy1… -
Re: Dating your dealer
<< <i><< << I'd be all over Laura in a heartbeat. She possesses the one characteristic I care about in a woman these days. Russ, NCNE >> Breathing? >> Breathing is a bonus, but frankly it's not all that important. Russ, NCNE >> You need to raise your standards... >> I have exceptionally high standards. In fact, very few… -
Re: Do these auctions seem to good to be true??
Russ has been known to play with us at times,but I think he may have been fooled for a minute on this'un. No biggie because he himself straightened it all out. Russ iz da man and MBT can't cope with it. BTW MBT,I still have your ugly mug on my hard drive,should I PM it to Russ and let him have smoe fun????
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