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Great catalog writeup on 1870-S dollar!
Kudos to B&M - this is one of the best writeups I've ever seen for this rare date [my corrections in bold]: Discounting the unknown 1873-S, the 1870-S is the rarest issue in the Seated Dollar series of 1840-1873 and, indeed the rarest regular-issue Silver Dollar of any type. With only nine examples positively confirmed,… -
Re: Bizzare happenings my last 2 posts....
test ============================== The Barber coinage consisted of a dime, quarter, and half dollar designed by United States Bureau of the Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber. They were minted between 1892 and 1916, though no half dollars were struck in the final year of the series. By the late 1880s, there were… -
Chris Kraft, Flight Director, 1924 - 2019; Post a coin from 1924
RIP Chris Kraft. Without him it would have been a far different looking program. Post a coin from 1924. (As per collectSPACE)... Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., NASA's original flight director who invented the concept of Mission Control, has died. He was 95. The following biography was prepared by NASA prior to his death:… -
Charmy's October 2012 DALLAS ANA SHOW REPORT w/Tons of Pics!!!
Let me first say that Dallas is a beautiful city! And the weather this past week was absolutely perfect!! I really enjoyed my time in Dallas. And even though the show started out rather slowly, overall I had a successful show. FYI, this report will be more picture-intensive than usual because there were just so many… -
History says we have another silver bubble in the making?
Every few years we seem to be "running out" of something. These days it's oil and metals. We've seen this before with oil, silver and a few years ago after the northeastern US blackout [due to human error] people said electricity was in short supply. When will we learn? Below is a sampling [not my work] of Wall St. Journal… -
Re: 1794 Dollar Question
A BIOGRAPHY OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD On April 30, 1825, Captain Caleb Woodward, age 35, tanner, shoemaker, and veteran of the War of 1812, married his second wife, Hannah Cary, age 29. Six months later, on Oct. 29, she bore him a son, William Elliot Woodward. The family lived in Oxford, a town in Oxford County, Maine, on the… -
Re: thenavarro's official HOF & Legends signed rookies It was a heckuva run ;)
<< <i>Hi Mike Very nice card - is the Hugh Mac auto a hard one - I remember the name but that's about it. >> Mike, Hugh is actually pretty easy to get from what I understand. He signs through the mail for a $10 donation I believe and has a pretty quick turnaround as well. When I was researching him when I was offered the… -
Re: erickso1 commem collection : #22 1893 Columbian 6/27/2014
# 22 Columbian – 1893 Acquired from Broadstruck, BST Photos by Messydesk Obverse – Yellows/orange/greens/blues cling to the rim while a bronzie orange highlight the center Reverse – Yellow/Orange/greens/blues circle most of the rim while the reverse is a a pretty, cart wheel lustered white. Stats – 5,000,000 authorized.… -
ZINC DIMES, TUNGSTEN GOLD & LOST RESPECT by Jim Willie 11/18/09... your thoughts?
For details on the tungsten for gold, click the links in the center of this story and read on by Ron Kirby. Turtle says shy away from the 1964 FDR dimes and gold bars (of any size). Turtle ZINC DIMES, TUNGSTEN GOLD & LOST RESPECT Jim Willie CB November 18, 2009 home: Golden Jackass website subscribe: Hat Trick Letter Jim… -
Re: A bit ot but this is certainly a lot of coin
"Stained Glass" The man on the phone speaks in conspiratorial tones. His name is Martin Barkley, a 40-something divorced father of two who has devoted so much of his life to a single purpose -- proving that Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill John Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository on November 22,…
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