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Re: what was your favorit baseball card shop growing up
Told this story before, but deserves telling again. My Dad was a hard-case, with a soft touch. On Westmoreland's staff in Vietnam, I am one of the older collectors started collecting 73 time frame. We were in Radford, VA at the time, my dad was working the furniture business with stints at Bassett and Pulaski furniture… -
Re: ICG certifies first 1974 aluminum cent
Press Release July 1, 2005 ICG Certifies First Aluminum Cent ICG—Independent Coin Grading of Englewood, Colorado—announced today that it had recently certified a 1974 aluminum Lincoln cent. It is the first and only aluminum cent ever certified by a professional third-party grading service. The coin was submitted to ICG by… -
Re: Just how much does a late die state affect a PCGS grade?
Now to answer the question asked in this thread... Die state, the age of the die, can have an impact on grade, because in order to have lofty superlative GEM grades the details on the coin have to be complete. This is often not possible with coins that were struck with dies that make it to very late die state. Often the… -
Re: 1839-O die pairing on half dollar
There are 4 die marriages that I am aware of for the 1839-0 Reeded Edges. The JR-1 is the most common and the others are very rare to extremely rare. They are made from 3 obverse dies and 3 reverse dies. JR-1- Most common and this variety is seen about 95% of the time. It has the same reverse as the 1838-O and the mint… -
Re: 2026 Uncirculated Coin Set is available for order
Wait until next year when they have quarters and dimes nobody wants again. The gravy train ends and reality will set in for the prices they charge. The mint has always been horrible at predicting demand for their products. They are going to have to completely change the product lineup they have or else sales will fall off… -
It's My Birthday. Post a US. Coin of anykind with the date of 48 or 61
Getting old. I have a bad back, been married for almost 25 years, daughter is getting her degree in Paralegal law this fall, and is already a certified X-ray technician at a local hospital, my son is in his second year of High School, and gets his learners in a few months and I almost died a few weeks ago with clogged… -
Re: John Reich hired as Assistant Engraver
Ikeigwin, I realize your comments below are secondary information, and others have fallen into this trap, but much of it is absolutely false, frankly it is unfounded garbage. I will post contemporary quotes and facts to refute these claims. There has been much new information on Robert Scot, from archival sources,… -
In praise of B&M coin shops....
Had the all too rare opportunity to visit my favorite “local” coin shop yesterday, since I happened to be in the neighborhood. And in the hour I was there, I realized how much I wish my “local” coin shop was closer than 20 miles away (in LA traffic). No, it doesn’t have the selection of even a moderate sized show. And you… -
Re: Showcase of the Union in Coins, Currency, and Tokens
Kentucky County, also known as Kentucke County and the District of Kentucky, was the westernmost county in the commonwealth of Virginia from 1776 until it was admitted to the Union as the 15th state in 1792. The entire existence of Kentucky County was in the context of the Western theater of the American Revolutionary War.… -
Initial research on a group of struck fake 1803 "C-3" half cents-Draft
I am working on an article summarizing initial research on a group of struck fake 1803 half cents. This one has become particularly difficult, as there appear to be 2 groups of fakes, one I call "originals", the other "restrikes". As in the case of many of these groups of counterfeits we have found the probable genuine…
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