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@Hoghead515Thank you for your genuine appreciation and sincerity.  I try to help, as much as I can, but I still LEARN a lot, too.  You seem like you'd be a great person to have a beer with.  Thanks, for being you and for making this site a much better place for ALL.  

2 hours ago, RWB said:

I won't be able to attend this year. 

Please, email me the steamed shrimp and lobster, some of those nice beef fillets with the colored toothpicks, and a liter of the good champagne --- Louis Roederer 2009 Cristal --- not that South African stuff.

Thank you very much!

 

You're not even going to finish it all off with a fine Arturo Fuente Opus X Ltd cigar??  I am very disappointed in you!!    

He does amazing work.  No matter how good the original pictures are, he always seems to make them even better. He is a master of capturing the color of a coin. 

The nice thing about collecting coins is the wide range of available possibilities.........Trophy coins and key dates are often egalitarian but there are still MANY choices and avenues for the 'common man'.   

A rather obvious and poorly done counterfeit.  

I think it is a mid-grade fake.  That is just my opinion.

23 hours ago, shirohniichan1 said:

Nice coin from my favorite year! Get a '73 Winchester and '73 Colt SAA to go along with your new acquisition.

Never thought of that!  What a cool aspiration!!

Nice color!  Congrats on the unexpected Christmas gift!!

Bless his soul and may he rest in peace.  

Well-detailed example!!  

Bringing back this old thread, in celebration of my picking up a nice key date Frankie that I've always wanted!!  Always regretted selling my MS 65!!  Here's my new 1949-S MS 66 CAC!!!

Thankful, Grateful & Blessed.  

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

@Old Pueblo Nice to see you posting again, old friend!!  

I'll go with 1920.  

31 minutes ago, GoldFinger1969 said:

I think Philip Morse and Steve Duckor are definitely collectors who had influence (both for their collections and the HA books they are part of).  Eliasberg, too, though before my time.

Agree 

1 hour ago, VKurtB said:

Well, Travers very well may be the all-time king of self-promotion. When I first met Scott in person, I was certain that while I may bathe again, I might not ever be truly clean again. The Sultan of Smarm.

I didn't get that impression from Scott, in any way, when I met him.  He seemed very genuine.  His 'Coin Collector's Survival Manual' is a fantastic book and is one of my all-time favorites.  I've read it several times over.  

5 hours ago, MarkFeld said:

In what way(s) do you feel each of those individuals was so influential? 

Two were very influential, pioneering authors, while the other two are/were lifelong numismatists who studied and assembled world class collections.......No different than D.L. Hansen or B. Morelan, Et Al.    

Can't believe that Bruce Fox, Gerry Forsythe, Gene Gardner and Scott Travers were not on the list!!!

Welcome!  I think you'll like it here. 

I specialize in Walkers but also like Morgans, Standing Libs, Buffalos and Mercs.

I also have an interest in Seated and Bust coinage.

This is a good place to share coins, acquire knowledge and make friends.  

Enjoy!!

I like BOTH the Kennedy and the token!!  

At the end of the day........I trust MY OWN opinion. 

I feel SOOOOO sorry for those who don't know how to grade and must rely on other entities to edify their buying decisions. 

If I see a coin that is undergraded; I'll jump on it.  If I see a coin that is PROPERLY graded; I'll buy it, if the price is feasible.

Once in a lifetime; I see a coin that I can't live without....Then I'll pay MOON MONEY.  But that RARELY happens....Especially, nowadays.