Alex in PA.

I no longer buy from the US Mint and haven't for a very many years.   It's not the prices that drove me away it was the quality and the lack of making products that appealed to me.  However, this only my opinion.

I personally have no opinion one way or the other.  I leave such items as 'legal', 'counterfeit', etc. to the lawyers who are paid to determine such intricate matters.

It is marvelous to read a Thread with so many 'Out House Lawyers' commenting in it.  And to the Dude who said "How are his pieces.........distinguishable from China's finest?"

If you can't see that ya best start collecting Hummels.  

26 minutes ago, VKurtB said:

could be nursing homes, personal care homes, even prisons.

Right you are.  I didn't think about those places; thanks.

14 minutes ago, Zebo said:

Please elaborate.

 

+1  Yes, please do elaborate.

100.00 for a GSA Carson City dollar?  This is definitely a 'rare' find on today's market.  Show us some pics after you get it please.

16 hours ago, Insider said:

Does any member know any one who died from the virus?   Your friend of a friend's auntie's daughter's neighbor's third cousin with diabetes QUALIFIES AS A YES. 

Gawd how I hate to get into this but....  I live in a very small Pennsylvania town (pop 9000+)  and our local newspaper 'claims' we have 152 cases of the Virus.  Last week they had to evacuate our local hospital due to a fire that caused toxic smoke.  All 9, that's right folks, nine patients were evacuated and none were reported to have the Virus.  The question on everyone's minds here is:  "Where are these 152 cases?"  We aren't big enough to have a testing station - I guess maybe they can at the hospital.  It's quite a mystery to us.

On 10/11/2020 at 8:33 PM, MAULEMALL said:

Post defalcating dogs,

And I still think it was an ugly dog.  What was the breed - Mongrel?  

12 minutes ago, MAULEMALL said:

I have been in touch with her loveliness..

She's Wonderful and has a tough job.. A lot of people abuse her good nature.. I hope to see her again at Fun. Maybe I'll give her a Maulemall coffee mug..🤣

LucyBop was my favorite of all the Old Ones.  She made me laugh when times were tough.

Very nice pictures.  Thanks for sharing.  The 91 O is nice.

On 9/30/2020 at 2:01 AM, MAULEMALL said:

Can you still check the old Water cooler ... That's where the flames were thrown

I've checked with what I have left of the 'Good Old Days' but have none from the Cooler.  Sorry  

Maybe this may help.  Taken from PCGS Coinfacts.  Look at your reverse and what's wrong with 'States'.

Hope you have better luck with US coins.

2 hours ago, Coinbuf said:

I stopped buying from the mint several years ago due to the high prices, prices now are nuts.

I also di and not just because of the absurd prices but the items they were designing appeared to me to be cheap looking and lacked imagination.  This is just my opinion.

On 9/13/2020 at 7:05 PM, Quintus Arrius said:

One more reason why I love old coins.  Look at the strength and definition of those fonts!  The computer-generated devices on today's coins look weak and malnourished in comparison.  Nice catch, Alex!

Just for you Quintus:  Here's one I bought today at a cost I will not say.  I do so love that Rebel Gold.

Agree.  Excellent idea in lieu of the amount of 'Newbies' that have been cropping up lately with their 'doubled die' coins.

Years ago when I went to the Post Office to buy a book of stamps out of their machine and put in a Ten the change was in Sac dollars.  I had a pound of them.

So far I have to agree.  This is not for me.  I'm afraid it will turn out like the 2006 San Francisco Old Mint Dollar.  

I saw this posted, with great excitement, ATS and on CT.  I think this is just another US Mint 'gimmick' personally.  I would be interested in hearing what others thought.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6192

Personally, I found Mr. Salzberg's letter to be both interesting and informative.  As for WC's "TPG are attempting to replicate the US "collecting" culture elsewhere" I can't recall one instance where anyone twisted by army to buy a TPG slabbed coin or pounded my head with a mallet to buy an NGC or PCGS graded coin.  If I absolutely adore a slabbed coin but would rather it be raw and in my album I just take a pair of pliers to the very tip of the slab and 'crack' goes the weasel!  And then I can be just like the Euros and put all my gold coins in a paper bag.  

My congratulations also to NGC for helping make my coin collecting experience more profitable and fun.

11 hours ago, MarkFeld said:

Maybe it was done in person at a show?

Quite possibly; I hadn't thought about that.  Thanks.

1 hour ago, gmarguli said:

 Interesting point of view.

See, I thought that posting that he was an untrustworthy, lying, two-faced backstabber who relentlessly attacked people in the forums for the same things he did would have been talking. That's why I didn't post that. 

Very strange.  I just browsed through the 2004 threads I saved and cannot find where the two of you exchange words let alone arguments.  I'll keep looking because I'm quite sure you wouldn't say that which is not the TRUTH (RIP).

UA53?  UnAcceptable 53 maybe?  That coinz EBay bound for sure.