Basement will be fixed, Porch will be redone, and coins and currency will be graded.

Hi all,

Yes, it is an exciting time here at "Collecting Central". In about 11 days, the company will be here to start on my basement, and none too soon as it needs to be done soon. Since I am doing all this (along with a home loan to do it) I decided to get insulated window for the little sun porch on the east side of my house. I do not know why it was not done when it was first put on, but I am hoping to have another little room for use in a month or two.

So, that means coins and currecny will start to pick back up for me. I have some Buffalo nickels out to get graded on my coupon. Then I have the 1993 proof set my coworker brought me, plus I have a 1970 British set I want to get graded also.

This does not even count other foreign coins to do, plus other various coins. But yet there still is some currancy to do. I have probably about at least a half dozen obsolete notes that have been laying around for a few years now. Also, my dad brought back 5 pieces of Allied Military Currency from WW2, 3 French and 2 German. This will probably be my second grading event, as there are registry sets for them. All in all, I have a lot of grading to get finished.

I am finally back in the ball game as far as purchases go. I was the winning bidder in this past Sunday night's teletrade auction. I won a nice AU-55 1876-S Trade Dollar to put in my "Trading For Dollars" set.

I have been tryint to find a nice FBL Franklin for my type sets, but it seems (at least on Teletrade) that everyone has what I consider butt ugly toning. They are spotted, or have gobs of toning around the edges etc. I do not feel the ones on David Lawrence are any better, if any one can point me in the direction of some nice bright white ones I sure would appreciate it.

Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope we all have a great April. God I love spring.

I hope to post pics of the Trade Dollar soon after I receive it.

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