VKurtB

According to the purists, maybe including me, the concept of a 2009 state quarter is an oxymoron. They were territories that year, not states, and were only created after the fact by a separate piece of legislation after the state quarter law. But then again, Whitman did add them to their map products, even though Dansco (initially) kept them in a separate album. I’ve never mentally counted them as state quarters, but something apart. 
 
If you’re looking at 67/68, yes, those are very gaudy grades indeed. 

If I have dissuaded the likes of you from engaging in what you call numismatics, then I have done this hobby a great service. 
 
Were you a complete greenhorn, you would be due more forbearance, but you have been slapping this garbage up for almost a year now and refuse to learn.

Quack, quack, quack .... BOOM!
Consider it shot down. 

If I have dissuaded the likes of you from engaging in what you call numismatics, then I have done this hobby a great service. 
 
Were you a complete greenhorn, you would be due more forbearance, but you have been slapping this garbage up for almost a year now and refuse to learn.

Two spikes. 2000 miles apart. The mind boggles.

Here’s a funny point about the 1894-S seen above. Notice the pretty toning? Yahhhhhh, that exact same coin, when auctioned the previous time, not so many years back, was TOTALLY BLAST WHITE. Yahhhh.... makes ya’ wanna pay through the nose for toning, doesn’t it?

Any relation to this guy?

Not just the star. It gets solidly into all the MS numeric grades, as well.

It’s just sick that a milk spot as nasty as that has already shown up on a four year old coin. It’s environmental in my opinion. I have been spared the ravages of milk spotting somehow. Must be clean living. Maybe not.

If it sounds crazy to you, then you understand. It is crazy.

The beginning of the MS65+ grade on the referenced coin begins with an almost complete lack of contact marks, unlike the AU55 example. When you see a coin virtually without contact marks, but WITH what looks like wear, you're not really seeing wear, but a weak strike.

The U.K. / Bank of England are not even in the Top 10 of gold holders. By one eyeball estimate, the country with the most gold relative to its population may be Taiwan.

If it sounds crazy to you, then you understand. It is crazy.

Every time I read a thread from Ratzie, I feel like I’m being sold a bill of goods.

What "game"? And you're "changeing" (misspelled) what?

Flying over you tomorrow night, Karen. I'm planning a move (retirement) to Huntsville, AL, and I'm flying down to look at the house.

What "game"? And you're "changeing" (misspelled) what?

Okay, I confess, it's me. I caused it. I'm the guy. I have too many coins. It's 1964 all over again. I feel so dirty now. 

Okay, I confess, it's me. I caused it. I'm the guy. I have too many coins. It's 1964 all over again. I feel so dirty now. 

In my opinion, no phone app I’ve ever seen is good enough.

I generally prefer to avoid buying online (although if things keep on going this way, I may very well soon have no choice), but I have noticed that prices have gone up. Probably people looking to move investments from a currently less-than-ideal stock market to something "safe"

I’m too cheap. If a coin runs too high, I’m out. I’m not running, I’m waiting.

I have not researched 1794 dollars specifically, or early silver coin production in general. I do not intend to. There are others focused on that period of US history. Hopefully someone, somewhere, will accept the challenge and put forth the work of assembling truth. (I recall this was done by a member regarding 1850  or `50-O proof dollars?)
One cannot make meaningful speculations or theorize without having an accurate source for basic facts. The facts define parameters of speculation. For 1794 dollars, much guessing seems to center on the alloy - assumed to be 900 fine silver 100 copper. I understand the reasons for this assumption, but with coins of this importance (NOT "monetary value") and modern non-destructive assay technology, it is almost a malpractice not to have two-decimal place measurement for coin bulk and plug.

Now a 1 from the dime, THAT I’d believe. That leaves “Why?”  I can’t imagine.

Brad,
 
I'm moving to Alabama late this year and intending to join the Madison County Coin Club. The retirement monster approaches. Since I'm moving south to evade snow (I've shoveled my last), that probably means rarely getting to NYINC anymore, but getting to FUN almost every year.