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Thanks for making me spray my computer with Zevia ginger root beer, Roger!!! You completely caught me off guard with that one!!! To Charmy: Another great write up and photos for sure. And Penny is absolutely adorable! Thanks for sharing a photo of her. I love cats.

I've seen my fair share of "homemade clipped" coins, for sure. More U.S. than Canadian, but people definitely get bored and take tools to coins up North as well.

It's a cool find but it's probably only worth a few dollars. As Bill pointed out, there are a lot of these and they're not in particularly high demand. I'm active in the Canadian market and the error community in the Canadian market is pretty small. So you have the small demand/large supply problem.

Update-the 1970-S Washington Quarter in PF68 Cameo has sold and the link has been removed. Thanks So Much!!

WOW!!! Those did jump, didn't they? This isn't the first time I've heard of Libertads going crazy in my 22 years of doing this.....you may still get your chance at a better price. A lot of things are priced crazily right now because there's so much money going into certain areas of the hobby at the moment and Libertads tend to be one of those things people gravitate toward in markets like these.. Those prospectors are pretty cool, too, and you can't beat that price!!

It looks like you had a couple nice pickups there, JP. And that dime does look nice, James. I had a little Thanksgiving pickup myself. This is the seller's photo, not mine: The West German 5 Deutsche Mark note from the 1960, 1970 and 1980 Series is one of my all time favorite pieces of currency ever produced. Two things are really cool about this. First, this is from the 1980 Series and 1980 is my birth year. Secondly that Y prefix in the serial number means that this is a replacement note. It's like a U.S. Star Note, but the West Germans used a Y instead of a Star.

Unfortunately, those are both way outside of my body of knowledge. I cannot help you there.

Update-the 2021 Reverse Proof Silver Eagle set has sold and the link has been removed. Thanks So Much!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!! Blessed be, all, and have a good, fun and safe time!!!

I know the note you're referring to and it's a great one!!! British notes are some of the best. It may be a good addition to your collection at some point.

Wow those 2 ounce RPs are up there!! I did not know that but I'm not surprised. Lots of demand for reverse proof stuff, based on my observations. And as far as modern series go, Libertads are still some of the most beautiful going, even without the 1980's design.

I'm with Woods on all counts with these nickels. Both are damaged in some way.

The sad thing is that copper round actually looks a lot better than many of the 2021 Morgans.

You've got some nice Libs there, James!! Which design do you prefer; the 1982-1995 design or the 1996-present design? Myself, I'm 1980's design all the way!

I love the sentiment, James. And I share it wholeheartedly. Blessed be everyone, from myself, my fiancée and our box turtle and plakat betta .

This is true, JP. To that list I'd add people who try to exploit the knowledge of the members here to make a buck selling coins without gaining the years of knowledge needed to do so successfully for themselves.

Here's an over 2 year old picture of my favorite bird coin and my favorite coin I own in general. I just adore this sweet baby rooster:

Sadly, I have nothing Irish in my collection at all.....at least not yet. You never know what getting back into currency may lead me to pick up. I'm going to have to take a look at some Irish banknotes now and see if anything catches my eye.

I'll definitely do so, but I should probably do so over on the PMG boards. I don't want to bore you guys to death with German replacement banknotes and Canadian star notes

Actually....it wasn't William who initially inspired it, though his collection helped me decide on going down the note path once more. I just got looking through my old albums the other night for some reason and I got thinking about what a massive amount of knowledge about banknotes that exists and that I still need to learn. Nothing will inspire me to undertake something like the prospect of having to learn a lot of new things. That, combined with seeing what William's been up to, made up my mind.

I've blocked more than my fair share since I started here in 2010. Mostly trolls (man, have we had A LOT of trolls) but also some people who just couldn't stop with the politics and, in one case, a religious whackadoodle. In all cases, it made my experience here much better. The Internet is like any other area of life, you're going to meet up with some jerks and some people that you just don't mesh well with. It happens.

Hey again Don!!! Things are good with me and mine and I hope all is well with you and yours!! As for what's new with me, not too much. I'm actually exploring collecting some banknotes right now, which is something I used to do years ago. I got looking at my currency albums last night and realized that I had forgotten how much I enjoyed paper money. So, I figured I'd take a little detour and get back into it and see how it goes. I'm mainly looking at German and Canadian notes, but there are a lot of beautiful notes from a variety of places!! It could be fun. Other than that, I'm just living my same old boring life . So, coins aside, anything new with you, my friend? ~Tom

Hi William!! Change can be an interesting thing, for sure. It sounds like NGC did change the game on you with your Presidential Dollar set, but I'm glad it wasn't a big deal for you. It sounds like you have a lot of projects going on, which can be cool and fun, but sometimes a little frustrating deciding which direction to focus in, at least if you're me!! Speaking of change, I've actually shifted focus lately myself. In the past, I used to collect banknotes. I got around to looking at my old currency albums a little while ago, and I've decided I want to get back into currency for at least a little while. I've actually been looking at a lot of German banknotes lately.....many of them are absolutely beautiful. I'd forgotten how beautiful they are. And many of them are super affordable, which also makes them fun.....you can get a lot of bang for your buck there. I guess none of us really ever know where life will take us next.

Hi Don!!!! Sorry it's taken me a bit to reply to your latest entries. I do apologize. But the good news is that you look to have had a lot of success with your NGC submissions!!! Congratulations!! These submissions will definitely help your Custom Set. How is that coming along, anyway?

Hi Jack!! Another great entry.......and a great coin, as well!!! The 1860's certainly were an interesting and dynamic time in world history.....so much was changing so rapidly!!! It was probably quite an experience to live in those times. I think about where my ancestors were then and most of them were in political entities that no longer exist. Many of my paternal ancestors were in Bosnia, which was part of the Ottoman Empire in 1860. My mom's people were still in eastern Prussia then. Some of my paternal ancestors were also Welsh, and they were all still there, too. But that one still exists. And nationalism certainly impacted those ancestors of mine......11 years from the date of your coin, Germany unified, making my ancestors "Germans" in national identity and in ethnicity. 18 years from that date, the Ottoman Empire lost Bosnia to Austria-Hungary, so my ancestors there actually left to territories still held by the Ottomans to the south. It's interesting to think about.