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Kindly requesting and update to this thread. Thanks, George

Ahh!! I really want to see these pics but I think the forum is outdated and the pics aren't attached anymore!

Coronet just seems so right for a coin that size and of that denomination.

Wow. Peace is winning. Woo!

I can't tell if I see wear or a weak die

Oh! I see the brass now. The observatory is my favorite place to visit in London. I'm a geography nut.

Does someone mind resurrecting this contest? I don't have enough variety to do it myself. It's a great idea! I apologize if it does exist somewhere.

I don't know the words to describe it, but I love the effect on the Queen. The nickels are great too. Do you mean that coin is made of brass? And what do you mean from the original meridian? Did they rip up the marker and melt it?

Please put him in the "Grading Challenge" forum to see how many of us agree with the slab!

Radiant.

such high relief.

As a man of methods and efficiency: date and mint collection by series. In coins: -My Peace collection is nearly complete save for some high quality keys. -My MS/PF65+ Walker collection is in its early stages. It takes a few hundred dollars just to add each coin. This is a series I persue when the other series are slowed down. -I recently began an interest in a better grade (but still affordable) Barber dime series as well as the same in V nicks. -Completing as much of my whitman albums from circulation is a goal. In notes: -My $1 silver certificate has covered a lot of ground. The series involves: 1923-1957, all signatures, all letters (A,B,C,D...), all design modifications, all experimentals, all seals, all stars, and anything else you can find in the Black Book. The only notes of the 50+ note series I need are some very hard to find ones easily in the $500+ range in an acceptable condition. Silver certificates mean a lot to me because I was with my father when he found one in change a couple years back, he told me what they were, and I thought of them as an exciting, affordable series with its own challenging notes to persue. I will add to this collection by going to earlier years and other denominations. Mark my words, by the time I am 30, I hope to have one of the nicest and most complete silver certificate collections ever. It's possible. -I will start another series of US notes once I figure out which is worth my time and money (both very valuable and scarce to me). Any suggestions? Thats about it. Nothing too exciting. You asked, so I told.

Hey, is the Final going to be posted sometime soon or am I just looking in the wrong place? Also, why does it list August 26, 2006 as the date you posted this topic? Sorry for the dumb questions.

Totally forgot it was there! Anywho, I did see a lot of other fancy pieces around. Some of the currency stuff was mouth-watering.

Nice! I was up there today and didn't even cover the full bourse floor! I usually can comb all the dealer's tables in an hour and get back to buying. But with the new space, jeeesh... I have no money now either. Whatever, new members of the collectons.

A Grand Canyon medal courtesy of Tiffany (Thanks!). I really want to escape to there now. Two very nice 2001 halves. Besides proofs, easily the nicest Kennedies in my collection. Thanks, Mark! Both arrived today. Thanks again guys!

I still have drool marks on my keyboard from when he posted an image of her a few weeks ago.

Lovin' the barbers

Yep. I've got an efficient method of combing the bourse. But it's become necessary to change my methods because I've got 1) series I'm working to finish, 2) series I'm working to add to, and 3) series I'm thinking of starting. Noting which dealers to return to, etc, gets more complex. Anywho, I'll start mapping it all out, maybe run a few rehearsal walks in a nearby gym, and get in mental and physical shape for the hunt. Thanks a bunch. My father passed on a few of my grandfather's gold coins. The rest are personal accumulations over the last decade. I'm a very series oriented collector which gets frustrating once the only holes are big, expensive, rare ones. Re: Eliasburg. His (and other collectors') accomplishments have always fascinated me. I can only dream of the patience and tact it takes to do what they did. Though, if I'm not mistaken, Eliasburg inherited a gigantic chunk of his collection from his father who did a lot of the leg work. Regardless, it's quite a feat.

Thanks, jtryka. I'll definitely keep that in mind. I know there will be plenty of hidden treasures and cherries for the pickin' at Baltimore C&C. One problem is covering the huge floor efficiently. It'll take a few tours of the bourse to not only search for the key notes I need but to even spot some potential new series to add to my collection. Wow... Baltimore is in less than a month. I need to start researching and preparing! George

Odd.. If I can read correctly... this forum is for US "Coppers." Kidding.

Well, I decided to be nosey and looked in my Blackbook on US currency. Judging by the picks, those notes do not run cheap. I'd probably walk out with nothing else but those 3 with the budget I have. I guess I'll have to make a cheaper list of "notes to check out"....

In fact, thanks for posting those. Its nice to see what is out there before I hit the bourse floor. You've really got me thinking.

Those are fantastic looking notes. I hope to diversify my American type in Baltimore in about a month.

I want all of them. Every single one. All for me me me...