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GoldFinger1969 reacted to a post in a topic: Turkish mint handling of gold bullion coins
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Henri Charriere reacted to a post in a topic: What are some of the Seven Questions you feel you can never get a straight answer to on the Forum?
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The prime requirement is to get the ANA’s YouTube videos to populate FIRST in searches by gaming the algorithm. Yuck. Oh yeah, that and defending the ANA when anyone here, or ATS, or on CT, takes potshots at the ANA. They are really getting “urinated off” about some people’s attitude regarding the ANA online. They don’t “get” that at CT, hostility toward the ANA is in their DNA. You want HOSTILITY? I’ll give you hostility. I came in at Gate 68, and my next flight was out of Gate 23. Then they moved it to Gate 53. This is no way to run an airline.
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French 20-franc gold rooster
VKurtB replied to Henri Charriere's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
I have been scouring auctions for 20 Franc roosters that have been graded. There seems to be a very hard resistance level at MS65. It’s as if you have to wallop somebody upside da’ head to get them to consider going to MS66. -
Turkish mint handling of gold bullion coins
VKurtB replied to olympicsos's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
My first wife was Greek. Trust me, she was quite clear that the worst part of Türkiye is/was the Turks. I learned early on not to even bring up the subject with her grandmother. WOW! -
Fenntucky Mike reacted to a post in a topic: ANA Board of Governors
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Toning or Dirt/Buildup Water Damage?
VKurtB replied to lcourtney123's topic in Newbie Coin Collecting Questions
20 years experience. (Only partially kidding.) -
I have a couple error coins I could use some help with
VKurtB replied to Psymon's topic in Newbie Coin Collecting Questions
Or…, hear me out please, you (the OP) could put error and variety hunting aside and search for the best coins possible. Just a thought. -
Yup. No metal in my body or ink on me skin. I could almost qualify as Orthodox. Not that there’s that much difference between Orthodox Jewry and Pennsylvania “plain people”, my ancestors.
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zadok reacted to a post in a topic: ANA Board of Governors
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People who haven’t gone to vote at a live polling station for over a decade. I was a county Election Director. Mail-in voting is inherently insecure. The entire REASON for polling places is to protect the chain of custody of ballots. Mail destroys chain of custody, and drop boxes are worse. Would you mail cash? Then why mail a ballot?
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Me and my “helmet” at Denver airport. I was tagged to judge both National Coin Week and Best in Show, among the seven Class winners. A SECOND TIME exhibitor won Best in Show. His happiness and astonishment was fun to be around. His exhibit was “Presidents of the Progressive Age”.
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I DO have to keep reminding myself that ANA headquarters IS in the People’s Republik of Colorado. I kept wondering if I had to change my money into Cuban pesos.
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Henri Charriere reacted to a post in a topic: The 2024 U.S. Proof Set
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zadok reacted to a post in a topic: ANA Board of Governors
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I have to walk 80 some gates at Denver now.
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The average age AND INFIRMITY of the ANA National Volunteers is considerable. The ANA needs to stop rewarding incompetence and “correcting” people who do know what they’re doing. Maybe it’s just me - I don’t trust people with that much “face shrapnel”.
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Well, they did what you desire in 2009. And all plated proof cents now have twice the thickness of the circulating variety.
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The zeitgeist right now is that the paid staff at the ANA can do no wrong (even though they prove they can and do with ASTONISHING regularity), and all a staffer has to do to get a Volunteer taken to the woodshed is rat out the Volunteer to the E.D. and the trouble begins. A few years back a Board gave a mandate of DEEEEEEP spending cuts to the paid staff and they got rid of people who knew what they were doing and brought in “freaks” in their place. You know what I mean about “freaks”, right? Look around any airport.
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Box proofs 50s and 40s
VKurtB replied to Halbrook Family's topic in Newbie Coin Collecting Questions
I have several 1955 boxed, 2 1955 flat, one. 1954 boxed and this 1951 boxed, which I metaphorically stole a couple of years ago at an auction. The photos looked sketchy, but I examined the lot and the coins were fantastic.