thedeadpoint

Congrats, 16d! Sorry to hear about your ordeal but it looks like you found the perfect remedy!

Love the images and the write-up! Splendid!

What's a sealed box? And I like that the 2009 date is considered as rare as a wheat.

All my beliefs are echoed above.

That's designed to hold a roll of gold?! Wow!

I have no idea how many holes I have in my SQ collection... I just didn't see many of the last few years of SQs due to the atrocious economy.

Huh, I had no idea the FRNs ever were redeemable for gold!

Is there a significance to the key held by the lion?

I'm restraining myself from making a joke.

I'm sure it stimulated something! ALso, interesting (but not surprising) that the economy still needed stimulation that long afterwards. I guess New Orleans is still recovering too.

Bill, do you ever pin one on yourself for the heck of it?

I really like that somewhat angular shield

Re: rounding of wear, maybe it isn't wear and it's just the flow of the metal on a worn die? Which brings me to my next question: since the dies for many of these medals and coins didn't have long lives, what errors and varieties that we see in modern (think late 1800s US) coins won't exist on dies with short lives? In other words, since heath care and veterinary care is so good these days, we're seeing new diseases and complications because humans/pets have never lived this long before! What "diseases and complications" are not seen on short lived dies?

Lovely! How does rarity work in the ancient coin world?

Love the scrip! Great designs

Gotta go with the Dead chip.

Good lord! I'm going to have to come back to this thread tomorrow with fresh eyes and fingers for question-typing.

Oh wow. Now compare that with a contemporary US coin and I'm surprised by the difference in strike and quality of design!

Lovely. I like nothing better than a silver certificate. Just vintage enough to feel special but still accessible.

I still really want one of those...

The reverse reminds me of the reverse of the Mercury dime or Roosie.

I love the overly-large denticles on this last one.

Odd wear pattern on the obverse but love the color.