AuldFartte

Seems like the site is very slow for the past couple of days. Takes a lengthy time for threads to open, pages to change, etc. Anyone else have this problem?

I know ... "slow" is a relative term, but it's taking three to five times as long as it did a week ago.

Welcome back, Peter

The Macedonian is kinda cool !!!

I voted for the hideous yellowish one.

Little blue Whitman folders (both) for the Lincoln cents. I tried to fill them from circulation when I was a kid.

1926-s Oregon Trail Comemmorative half dollar ... PCGS MS-66 I still can't figure out where the heck that thing went.

I don't see any stars on the reverse, but $16k...WOW

No stars ... now where's the petty cash box ...

Here's one I'd like to have in my collection.

You and me both !!!

Nah ... I think we should go for it

I wasn't thinking "long term" yet, but that makes sense.

I assume it's a no-no to submit a previous winner

All Dansco albums ...

US Type Set - lacking 3 coins to complete (including gold page);

US Large Cents - only have maybe 20 or so in there;

US Half Cents - Approx. 67% complete;

Canada Type Set (2 volumes) - maybe 20% complete;

Australia Type Set - only have 5 coins in it.

Art, do you really think you can get that many coins right now?

I mean, we only have a little over 100 people back at last check (108) and, if I recall, there was a bit of a shortage of entries last time.

If that made any sense, then how 'bout the same categories for now ... Gold, Silver, Copper and Other. Might get enough coins with less categories.

So ... if we're already posting there, we will have to "sign up" when this takes effect?

  There's no secret at all.  I just put the coins on a blue book with a gooseneck lamp over it with one of those Reveal bulbs in it.  Nothing fancy.  Sometimes you gotta play with the angle though.  Since my good lamp got thrown away sometimes I get too much gold color on the coins.

awfully good results, though !!! I've seen proof pics from folks with $3,000 worth of camera and lighting equipment that don't look that good !!!

Wow, folks ... awesome coins

I have to stick to silver, though ... the gold ones are just a wee bit too expensive for me, as well as palladium.

Tiffibunny, those proofs look awesome ... What does your lighting setup look like? I've managed a couple of "dark mirror" shots, but not as nice as yours. (If you don't mind sharing trade secrets )

me too

 

here's one

Does not look anywhere near as nice as yours

Gorgeous ship, Daggit ... I love those

oooohhhh ... I love that one, Trantor

WOW!!! Those are some gorgeous Russians

Guess I need to start searching for some of those

Here's a couple of mine ... okay, the first one isn't actually a ship

1988 Samoa 10 Tala, 0.999 Silver, Proof. Comemmorates the voyage of the Kon-Tiki, a balsa log raft sailed from South America to Tahiti in 1947 by Thor Heyerdahl.

1986 People's Republic of China, 5 Yuan. Obv: Great Wall. Rev: The Ship Empress of China.

Safe deposit box.

That's where my good stuff is going after I get them all imaged

Looks like a major project

I wouldn't even do that with wheaties ... I had 110,000 of 'em in bags of 5,000 each and I took 'em all to the local coin shop and sold 'em to the dealer. I think (if I can ever find the darned things in my garage) I may have another eight bags or so ... but there's no way I'm looking through those puppies

Last one I purchased ( a few weeks ago) was "Papal Coins" by Allen Berman. Excellent book, well plated.

Wow ... neat Half Cent collection, too

Those things are fun, and hard to get decent ones. I'm surprised they're not more expensive, but the demand is limited as the Large Cents are more popular.

That's a real nice start ... Looks like you've been putting those new books to good use, huh?

Neat collection of LC's, Tiffibunny