even though I haven't added any currency yet.

Hi all,

Yes, I'm happy. First, I need to give thanks to Kerry & Rick. Thank you both for helping me out.

I'm happy with the direction my collection is going, even though I haven't purchased any new pieces of currency yet. I had hoped to bid on a couple of items in the just completed Bowers/Stacks auction, but didn't. I believe I've noted before that it seems like currency is slowly rising in price. That's good as far as I'm concerned, as there are some gorgeous notes out there, both US and world. However, the notes I was interested in went way over estimate, so I held off from buying. But that's ok, I'll keep looking, and I've found some notes here that need to be sent in for grading, so I'm thinking I may do that first, all the while watching auctions. I do have a couple of lots on my watch list in next Monday's Teletrade auction. Maybe I'll have better luck with those.

However, all is not lost on the purchasing front. I don't know if I've mentioned, but I am tryint to emulate Kerry by buying silver. Well, today I hit the jackpot, I purchased $39 worth in the minor denominations, plus a junk Peace dollar, and 16 40% Kennedy halves. I paid a little higher price than I wanted, but if silver keeps going up like it did today, I'll be ok.

A month or so ago, I did purchase this medal (silver round?). I did it more on a lark than anything, as it certainly fits in with my western theme collection. I've attached a pic of one side. I'll try to be a little more regular with my journals, so I can post the other side.