tommyd

I found that both Unc. & Proof were well struck -- it's a nice looking coin.

Nothing but really nice pieces from Bill...

The proof Marine commem -- BU version came last week.

Three very nice Barbers from Blackhawk...

The Marine commem in BU -- nice-looking coin.

Really nice half gp --

Brasher Doubloon -- either variety...

Same here for the very nice gesture -- thanks and congrats to all!

TOM

2000 prototype for the new dollar coin which was obviously rejected...too bad!

Severus Alexander Silver Denarius, B.U.

222 A.D.

And they ARE!

Hyphen, Bugs Bunny variety.

No serious collector should be without a stereomicroscope -- it's just amazing what you can see that a loop can miss -- like metal flow, subtle RPM's, etc.

Some might cosider 'dipping' that three-cent silver...

Nice die-break through UNITED on the two-cent piece...

Just imagine how many of your coins came out of that very room which looks more like the back room of a Chinese restaurant than the sophistocated facility we've probably all envisioned!

They're starting to come out of the collector closet!!

Hey! My birthday is 7-18 and that's been guessed along with the 19th! Wow -- I'll just have to go with the 20th!! Happy Birthday to all you fellow Cancerians!!!!!

 

And I will vote for too much change in my change as opposed to change that had not changed in my lifetime. I agree that there has to be a happy medium that we are missing but I prefer this end of the extreme as opposed to the other.

Have you been hanging out with Yogi Berra, Stu???

After it separates from the paper, place it between two tissues and then press it (in the tissue) for a few hours under a book to prevent it from curling up!

The elusive 1939 DDR -- doubled "MONTICELLO" & "FIVE CENTS"