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Yeah, unfortunately I'd have to sell some land to come up with the cash, though. That ain't gonna happen this year. ;-)

Nice, but out of my reach. Anyway, the silver coin beats it all hollow for luster and brilliance. Platinum won't take anywhere near the height of shine that silver will.

All sold. Thanks for looking. Spain 1884 2 pesetas F .835 fine .2655 ASW British South Africa 1933 2 shillings VF .800 fine .2909 ASW Venezuela 1910 5 Bolivares F Oval 'O' .900fine .7234 ASW Cuba 1933 un Peso EF .900fine 26.7295 grams Cuba 1934 un Peso EF .900fine 26.7295 grams Great Britain 1888 Florin VF .925 fine .3364 oz. ASW

Looks as though Anthony's lucked into a good buy from some European bullion dealer. I'd like to get that particular group of gold coins.

"Skywalker, this is your father, eh. Surrender to the darkside of the Force, you knob." A favorite line of mine from Dave Thomas in "Strange Brew", the comedy film featuring the McKenzie brothers characters.

A '39-D Jeff, in change from yesterday's shopping.

Wow, that coin is the ultimate loser in my book: 1. Struck in beer can material 2. Abe Lincoln on the obverse Those are two irredeemable demerits, then strike three is: 3. Slabbed It's outta here. ;-)

Great images. Thanks for posting them.

Ah, Jackson, old boy. I see that the rumors of your demise have been greatly exaggerated, ahaha Good to know you're still bumping.

An understandable distinction if one is to view base metal coinage as collectible. For my own purposes, intrinsic value determines collectibility. I may acquire base metal coins which have appealing designs but they are always used for trades sooner or later. In those trades I acquire silver coins as a final goal. ;-)

Ha! You banking guys could really rake it in if you had time to sort coins at work. ;-)

I'd buy some more rolls of 90% instead. Proofs don't get me very excited.

Go ahead and mail it to me. You can trust me for the fiddy-K.

Like a lot of the ebay scamsters....ahaha.

Yeah, I'm with you on that one. The design isn't really impressive compared to the original buffalo nickel design.

" From 1938 to 2004, the nickle has not changed" Ha! Found a misspelling in their article. Every other mention of the coin used the proper spelling.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody pays for the Yahoo auction service and if it isn't going to be the seller, it will have to be the buyer. I've never liked the Yahoo formats. There are too many other ways of buying coins for me to waste much time with online auction sites anyway, whether the venue is ebay or yahoo.

No, I meant the low relief Victorians. they lose a lot of their detail with little wear while the high reliefs have more metal in the same detailed areas which make them more resistant to wear. An early Gothic Florin in VF still has a relatively high level of facial feature remaining even past the point where the loop of the braid is worn off. The low relief young heads lose the facial details with little wear, by comparison with the high relief young head halfcrowns. Now, SLQ's are very beautiful in XF. It's just that so many people try to claim XF on a VF coin. There's a good example of an XF in the coin grading challenge archives. An XF should have all the toes remaining on the foot of Lady Liberty. The design loses detail with very little wear. XF SLQ's by my standards are sold as AU's by some folks.

In the case of modern precious metal coins, a divot like that is usually the result of a metalsmith robbing a little metal from a coin to use as solder in a brazing operation before returning the coin to circulation. Solder gained that way at no expense to the smith adds to the profit margin. Maybe the practice wasn't limited to modern coins or to modern times.

What's the metal?

The cigarette premium promotions fell victim to the "war on tobacco". Maybe the Camel stuff will become collectible as a result.

Hah! A vicious rumor, I assure you. "disappeared again", indeed. ahaha

Yeah, I'd still agree that it would go VF as a net grade. If I had it for sale, any buyer would pay VF price or I would keep it. That's just the kinda guy I am. ;-)

I sell coin jewelry such as mercury dime earrings, SLQ pendants and fobs, rings made with Kaiserreich 1/2mark coins as the boss, etc. Some of it qualifies for the disclaimer: "No coin was harmed in the making of this jewelry" while some are made from coins which have already been damaged.

Stamps are OK, I guess but coins, pocketknives and Luddite truncheons are more fascinating to me. If anyone has any cool Luddite truncheons I hope they give me a shot at them.