Henri Charriere

I can lay claim to locking down not "this year" but 2020 with my cocky query, re diagnostic markers: "Who put it there?" I still bear the bruise from the retort you lobbed at me! [Another member commandeered WonderCoin to weigh in on the hullabaloo!] Live and learn; it's all good. A certified scamster would have fled the premises and never showed his face again.. This new member came back! Give credit where credit is due, I always say. P.S. To all other members within the sound of my voice: I hereby retract all intemperate remarks I have previously made regarding this matter.

YOU ARE A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR! IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL, BIG PERSON, TO COME BACK AND SHARE WITH THE MEMBERSHIP CONTRARY FINDINGS. I, FOR ONE, AM DEEPLY SORRY YOU ENCOUNTETED HOSTILITY HERE. WE ALL HAVE OUR BAD DAYS, BUT COMMEND YOU FOR COMING BACK TO STATE PUBLICLY THE NEWS YOU HAVE RECEIVED. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME BACK AND CONFER WITH US ON ANY MATTER OF INTEREST TO YOU. WE WILL LEAVE THE LIGHT ON FOR YOU.

It's got tasteful toning, Hog. Very becoming. It gets my Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.

To be fair about it, you have not suggested this is an MS-68, or top-pop coin. You are simply soliciting opinions on your other acquisitions. How do you feel about this one? What do you see as its attributes, and shortcomings? What do you look for in Morgans, or coins, generally? [At least in the interim while we await NGC's determination...]

The devil is in the details. You will note the bottom reverse is stamped: 2 TROY OUNCES. .999 FINE SILVER. Put out by the Intaglio Mint.

I had written extensively on this topic, and the Lords of Moderation have sat by and watched me laboriously peck out entire treatises and dissertations, and when it appears I am all said and done, they see to it that none of it ever sees the light of day. I accept that fate. To me, it's the natural order or progression of things. I never get into what's right or what's wrong. My mere presence today may constitute the grant of a great privilege tomorrow. At any rate, I sense I am not permitted to speak to others on such matters. One thing I can weigh in on is jet lag. No, nothing to do with the imminent changeover to Daylight Savings Time. I am talking about the slow speed limits with which the site is duty-bound to observe to avoid incurring prohibitively scheduled summonses. How else to explain why the Board, of late, is sluggish and slow?

Here's a consolation prize:

Argentum. Atomic # 47. Electron configuration: 5s14d10.

Yes. The pertinent snippet, the ending, presently resides on YouTube.

Realistically, no self-respecting grader can afford to acknowledge the antics of a non-human. Granted, I have managed to get some high-profile members to respond to Ricky's thoughts, but that's literary license and entertainment. You don't have to be a ventriloquist to know where the sound is coming from. Many thanks for the reference. I am going to check it out right now.

[Seems like there were three or four lesser Powerball winners in New York: $50,000 [third prizes]. The pot's now $1B. Okay, okay, I know ... Back on Track! ]

That's why I don't worry. Sounds apocalyptic to me. Kind of like Burgess Meredith in that TZ episode, "Time Enough At Last."

You worry too much. Haven't you heard? Nothing happens without my knowledge and consent.

Very troubling comments which I cannot refute. The recovery of coins from shipwrecks and "hoards" can skew the values across-the-board, no doubt about it. Perhaps one day, a former grader will disclose in his memoirs something I had long suspected, along the lines of... "we could not be quoted for attribution at the time [2020's] but that roostermeister on the East Coast had us pegged dead-to-rights. He suggested a virtual wall had been erected between the MS-66 and MS-67 grades. He was right. Opening the flood-gates would have resulted in catastrophic losses..." You heard it here first.

🐓 : Know what this means, don't you? Q.A.: Yup, the hatchet's been buried. (Now if we can only find some way to get him to refrain from making any references to cats... and aretha franklin.)

Peace out, bro! Thank you for keeping things civil.

Clue me in... are those dust jackets on some of your slabs thingamajigs sellers use to protect their merchandise? Never seen those before. One seller (I forget which) uses clear plastic protective ovals strategically placed over coins in slabs. Must say you do have an extensive collection.

🐓: What I see is a rather common case of gingivitis [and receding gums] but what do I know. I'm not a doctor. Q.A.: I am willing to give the gentleman the benefit of a doubt in lieu of a formal diagnosis which is pending.

One moment, while I go check the Powerball results from the drawing last nite.

[Note: FWIW, this thread to my knowledge, features the only instance in recorded NGC Chat Board history, in which an audible four-letter word was seamlessly inserted into a reply via a YouTube snippet entitled, "WestWorld-Bernard Is." (If still extant----it was at post-time---- it can be found at mile marker October 24, 2022, page 1.)]

My batting average is high. In just the past month alone: a). Oldhoop "Liked" me. That's a sea change in disposition; b). z characterized a remark I made, begrudgingly, as "... helpful..." and conceded a compilation I made was a [superlative] [laudable] achievement!; c). The pie-guy, encamped ATS the past two years, acknowledged my presence here (above) just moments ago. I am losing the lion's share of my constituency, "ignorers," but each in their own way is special. Now, if I can only find a way to get MM back... To @tj96: I have two genuine generics still in the original [cardboard] box they came in, wrappings and all. If you can use them, and you've got quite a collection, PM me. No charge... Never let it be said Q.A doesn't have a collector's best interests at heart.

My box, from "over there," is black, but I do recall they offered an orange box for a limited time only, last year. By then, I had graduated to the loose-leaf album, and never looked back. Bonne nuit, all!

I hear ya. The Powerball here in New York gets drawn in seven minutes, but my wife is calling me to bed NOW!!!. That $825 million will just have to wait until the morning.