Jason Abshier

@J P Mashoke down in south it was different , my wife and I took a trip down to North Carolina my Oldest son arrived back at Camp lejeune in Jacksonville N.C , after being in Japan for a whole year we haven’t seen him all year he’s in the Marine Corps he was being awarded Sergeant E-6 rank, he want me there to see it , I didn’t hesitate to drive down we arrived I noticed a lot of stores people wore mask but inside restaurants waiting in line nobody wore mask . inside out hotel there was no mask policy either, on the Marine base there was no policy either it was not mandated but inside buildings it was strongly suggested to wear a mask at all times until you go outside there was no “6 feet rule either” after my son’s sworn oath ceremony was over the Gunnery sergeant and Master Gunny sergeant came up to me with no mask gave me plague for my wife and me with our names on them … Then they shook my hand like a real person would do at an important time like that they “thanked me for making a Marine” I’ve never heard that one before . People Join marine corps for discipline and honor and dignity and faithfulness that where Marines are made . Not back at home in the bedroom making babies 🤣 in Pennsylvania a hand shake was highly forbidden during Covid19 Up here in Pennsylvania mostly all restaurants were closed to take out only we had wear a mask when they did open on limited capacity we had to wear mask until we were seated and had to actually wait until we could eat then we were allowed to remove the mask and 6 feet rule was strongly mandated anyone caught breaking rules in store not wearing mask law enforcement was sometimes called to escort stubborn people out of the stores I used see all kinds of stubborn people try to fight with police when being told to leave store actually pressed down on ground and handcuffed ! Geeze was all that drama really worth it ? Simply put a mask on !!

At one time I collected a lot of graded buffalos some of the earlier years get tough and pretty expensive in higher grades , I had about 3/4 of my set completed in MS63-MS66+ grades I sold it to Another collector back in 2013 when the anniversary of buffalo nickels were hot property back then … Which I’m glad I gotten it sold because now a days it is tough sometimes to find someone who wants to buy graded buffalos or Liberty V nickels , Lincoln cents as well and a lot of the newer collectors are into the modern collector’s market … Seems like if it don’t have any silver or gold in it they don’t want it

Most of time I see “SP” specimen used in graded world coins or exonumia (medals) and off struck metal die trial pieces get “SP” . Looks like PCGS made a typo error … I also have one US issued 2016-W gold Mercury dime has that “SP” 70 grade by NGC

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It doesn’t hurt to make offers either , most of the time if I see a coin that I really like I’ll make offer less 15%-20% than High retail price. Sometimes even lower for certain coins that aren’t in high demands but I want them to complete my collection set , I should be able to haggle a good price on coins that been sitting around that haven’t been in demand for a while . If dealer says No , oh well his loss his coin can sit there collecting dust ! Move on to the next dealer most coins are common on market you shouldn’t have pay high price for them they are a dime dozen can find them anywhere grading is matter of another subject only way you’re going to get good at grading is study and study and study coin by looking that them and compare them Grading online photos

I wouldn’t know about Alabama . But I knew when we had a deer camp in Mayport PA (Jefferson county) we had Amish around us they amazed me everytime with their handy work we wanted a wooden shed built behind our camp they had that thing done in 2 days !!! All with hand tools no lie ! It would of took me a whole week or so to build that’s even cheating using power tools , They even transported 2 full cords of wood dumped and stacked in 1 day … only thing I disapprove of the Amish is their puppy mill breeding . They are responsible for a lot of the puppy mill breeding it’s not a healthy subject to to talk about

@Yves85 hers the forum on here entirely devoted to Fake coinage you can see it for yourself a lot a good information about fakes https://www.ngccoin.com/boards/forum/91-counterfeit-coins/

Yes , us numismatic collectors hate FAKES ! there actually a forum on here from NGC graders explaining some the fakes they see come through the grading process , these graders looks at thousands and thousands more than you and I would have ever looked at in our life time . The graders are pretty good at spotting Fake coins VS the real thing

@Greenstang it is possible it’s a Guatemala 2 reales they look a little differently than regular Spanish colony 2 reales KM 51

@Yves85 I haven’t look at a whole lot of Spanish reales , I do collect a lot of old world coins though I often see Spanish reales for sale , back then the dies were casted and hand engraved so no dies were perfect and no 2 dies look even close to the same also the planchets were may have been casted as well back then. You’ll be surprised how much counterfeiting goes on in our coin collecting hobby . You’d think they would make an expensive “fake” coin to pass on to make a lot money off it , that’s not always the case they even make low end “common” fake coins as well … I don’t suspect your coin as a fake looks legit to me I mean who would take the time make a fake then bury it under the ground ? But again Spanish reales aren’t really my background of collecting I don’t own any in my collection either but I have handled a few and looked at them in the past Also my Bad that is not KM#430.2 It appears to be a Guatemala 2 reales KM# 51 https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/guatemala-2-reales-km-51-1790-1807-cuid-1118611-duid-1332487

I like it straight out of the can however my wife is little picky about it I rinse it out as well mix in a little brown sugar to sweeten it up . my great grandmother always put beer in her homemade stuffing during thanksgiving she said it was an old German tradition to put beer in a lot foods back then , my grandmother did , my father did and now to this day on thanksgiving I still dump beer in my homemade stuffing , I’ve had guest come over my house and ask me “did you put beer in this” I simply reply “yes , we are German and we love our beer”

Same here I’m sure you can tell by my last name it’s German and I really love my pork and sauerkraut 😉

I read an article awhile back about GENI grading standard it was confusing how their grading scale worked 1-100 , but I also seen some MS63-MS65 as well . But I do notice some have like AU99 or AU97 graded on left side of the slab sometimes or XF80 strange number grading I have hard time finding any more information about GENI but they are there and collectors over there are submitting and buying graded GENI coins in holders

@Quintus Arrius I’m not really sure how their grading standard are but if you look in picture on left side of GENI slabbed coin you’ll notice strange grades like XF99 and AU99 and so on I read an article I can’t find it anymore explaining their grading scale 1-100 … but I also notice some MS63 -MS65 and so as well kinda confusing a little

@VKurtB sorry about the german 3rd reich coin these pictures aren’t mine they were on net . I don’t support nazis however I do have few german coins with the Swastika in my collection only for numismatic reasons it was a time in German history it did happen

@VKurtB since you have experience in PA actions , I never been to one yet someday I do want to go to one I was once told in order for me to do any live bidding at Pa auction I must obtain an Auctioneer license ? I know few dealers who bought some nice coins at estate auctions at great prices.

@VKurtB Have you did any bidding on French live auctions lately ? Last year I just gotten back into French auctions I came across some newer slabs by a French grading company called GENI. I looked them up seems like they just came out few years ago I read a little I think they have a grading scale 1-100 . It’s a matter of time before their slabbing service takes off over there . I haven’t bought any of their slabbed coins I mostly prefer my world coins raw I’m 50/50 on raw and slabbed world coins

@Quintus Arrius you’re a good guy . Have you seen the movie the Mule ? With Clint Eastwood in it he worked for drug cartel doing deliveries he made a lot money doing so . You could do that ask for your payment to be made in the finest known gold roosters… but in the end of movie he winded up in jail (true story) so I don’t know if it’s all worth going to jail just for gold roosters

@Quintus Arrius they probably do who knows there probably a drug lord out there that has all the MS67 rooster 🐓 you’re looking for the entire series right there hidden in their secret mansion bought with dirty deeds and drugs

@Alex in PA. this happened to my daughter about 15 years ago at PNC bank . I couldn’t believe it either , the lady behind counter was dead serious too . She was like “well the machine is inside the building sweetie that means it reserved for customers only” she was belittling my daughter in front of me … My daughter wanted to be a big girl that day and do all work herself I stood on sidelines in bank lobby then when I heard “dad ! come here!” Lol! I knew it was time to step in … I asked the lady where was sign that says only customers were allowed use the machine ? She said they just gotten the machine about a month or so nobody really used it much blah blah blah … I had a PNC bank account with my wife at that time she did the exchange right away … years later I heard the banks were charging people 3% for using the coin machine that included customers too … perhaps that lady didn’t know what heck she was talking about who know but it was odd … I’m no longer a PNC bank customer anymore anymore , however my wife is a long time PNC bank customer

Some banks are strict with customer policy too . I remember years ago my daughter was like 7 years old she dumped a bunch pennies , dimes , quarters , everything in a bank’s counting machine got her voucher totaled out like $30 she wanted to go pet store buy her first hamster . The lady behind counter wouldn’t give her an exchange of money “because she didn’t have an account” well no duh ! It’s a little 7 year old !!! I asked lady why they don’t put sign up at coin counting machine for customers ONLY ! luckily I had an account with them to get it all sorted out … Can’t believe they would as a little 7 year old that .. the glory days of going in the bank to just do a simple money exchange for whatever you wanted is long over

I know some places that do have coins mostly quarters and gold presidential $1 coins car washes and laundromats . They seems to keep their coins flow within business but some customers put $20 bill in machine probably only use $5 worth of coins and take the rest of $15 with them at home and throw them in a jar …But you didn’t hear that from me ! if you see some angry laundromat owner wondering why you’re using their coin machine for exchanges and not doing business in their establishment… Boy I’m bad at playing dirty sometimes

That “3” if you look closely again it could be wear from old circulation and sitting in dirt …

What about Mexico? I believe they were truly the last to stop using silver in coins 1977 I believe they minted silver in coins up until 2015 but a very very small trace of silver in coins . Been awhile since I brushed up on South American and Mexican coinage

How us American metalworking machinist convert metric to standard US measurements when using calipers 27.0mm x .0397 = 1.062 or can convert 27.0 divided by 25.4=1.062 your coin’s date looks a little funky but again who knows if it is indeed a fake whoever made it did a real job !