Henri Charriere

37 minutes ago, MAULEMALL said:

yawnnn...Man bottle it!

Top of the mornin' to you!

On 12/16/2020 at 9:55 AM, Ray, USMC said:

There is no stopping the nonsense that NevadaS&G will post. I am now thoroughly convinced he would not know the truth if it bit him. He was not satisfied to bring shame on himself in the last thread ? I would suggest an action by all to ignore this user and put an end to his rant. The only problem is that he will still keep popping up..... 

[Now, now. You ignore NevadaS&G and what'll you be left with? ME!  You wouldn't want that to happen... Again.  

It takes all types to make an active, healthy forum. Some members like to gripe or vent their frustrations. Others wait for that pivotal thread-changing moment when they can rise, point a finger for dramatic effect, and dispatch with authority: "J'accuse!"  That's the cue for the hand-to-hand combatants to enter the fray followed by the Sanitation guys equipped with sweepers and shovels and rolling trash barrels.   Each member has a role to play. Some do it crudely; others with civility.  Nobody is forced to participate. This is entirely voluntary. Let us all resolve to be the best we can be for the Holidays and New Year. Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All.! 😉

[Never knew what all that *spoon*g was about and was already referring to the deformation as a case of pinched nerves. Very helpful input and instructive thread.]

Man, I love this place!

Your pantry.  Your Pantry. YOUR PANTRY???

There's a laugh in this somewhere?

(I better not let on that I just don't get it.  Not with this crowd. They'll chew me up, and spit me out.)

Oh wait... Modwriter, I trust you. PM me, at your convenience, and let me in on this.  Thanks!

I think we are being a bit hasty -- and flippant.  I am not satisfied with these assessments. FDR's profile is clearly outlined and LIBERTY's lettering clearly visible through -- if the bubbling-clad theory holds water --  what should be, what ought to be, what must be -- an opaque liquid which mimics mercury and could very well be osmium, but for the opacity factor.  I would respectfully urge the owner to wait a respectable interval to enable another numisma-pathologist -- or amateur, all are welcome, to study the postmortem photo and submit his finding. Bubbling clad? Balderdash!  On this very site a collector submitted a coin he claimed was sullied by solder and no one on this Forum challenged him choosing instead to weigh in with helpful home remedies to effect its removal.  We are talking ten cents; I respectfully urge the OP (Original Poster) to wait for a "second" opinion.

1 hour ago, Coinbuf said:

Obviously rare dates/mm coins are different and sell for different amounts than common date/mm coins.  Context matters and when you just pull one sentence out of a post the context is lost.

You're right. The reference to 1914, a pivotal date in my series, threw the thread for me. I assume a Liberty dollar is what we commonly call an American Silver Eagle. Is it your understanding, as it is mine, that the OP has 186 1986 ASE's? And if so, and in "mint" condition, they will likely enjoy a higher profile numismatically than your average generic bullion silver date? Many thanx!

On 12/16/2020 at 6:02 PM, Coinbuf said:

....once the grade gets above MS64 then the numismatic value is higher than the gold value and those coins sell for more than the melt value.

[There are those who would caution against making such broad, blanket statements, grade being but one of several factors that come into play in making a numismatic determination, but you've introduced an interesting yardstick nevertheless. 

2 hours ago, RWB said:

Did four of the aircraft fall into the die crack and come out in the "Bermuda Triangle" - or at least at Nathan's on Coney Island?

[Couldn't be "Flight 19." That was five planes back in '45.  You certainly have a delicious sense of humor!]

Well, you certainly kept your promise: this got very interesting.  But if it's any consolation, I bought a [redacted in case VKurtB is watching] in late November with a request to have it forwarded to be cross-graded and, quite frankly, do not expect to see it until February 2021. What with the pandemic raging, an understaffed USPS overwhelmed and backed up, TPGS practicing safe processing understandably resulting in turnaround delays, we just have to be more accommodating.  I am happy things turned out well for you.

[Pardon me, Professor, but unless I was inattentive and missed it, I should like hear the results of that teleconference w/USSS as referenced in your opening lines...]

Note to the Congregation

I just thought I would confirm something most members may be blissfully unaware of:  that in random test-drives taken through the various threads recently, I can certify with complete confidence that the enhanced anti-trolling software feature(s) as implemented, function with breathtaking perfection and efficiency.  I am beginning to suspect this firewall, impervious to breach as it were, has no back-door, no by-pass pass-word and no over-ride features.  This is my own provisional assessment; other members' experiences, may differ from my own. [Mother of mercy, is this the end of ... ?  Will there come a time when members cannot recall a time Before Be Nice or Be Gone?]

14 hours ago, ldhair said:

Very, very nice!

Just now, Ratzie33 said:

Not sure but the detail is far more defined on the orb and feathers in the coin originally posted

Great stuff! Thanks.

[When Russia was Russia and ruled by Tsars.  Look at the detail! I wonder how long those dies lasted.]

[Only the initiated can appreciate the significance of the hiding in plain sight dynamic of this thread.]

Fanciest denticles I have ever seen on any coin anywhere. Nice catch!

On 12/10/2020 at 8:42 AM, Conder101 said:

 ....Or the 1894 S dime.  They were minted as business strikes and I think they were identified as such,....

Respectfully, by whom, and when?  That term was not in use then and seems to have been conjured up in the 1980's.  The correct term is what it has always been: a circulation strike. 

On 12/11/2020 at 7:42 AM, James_OldeTowne said:

It's a damaged coin and does not represent a mint error.

There it is.  (I was already thinking proper burial but that is no way to greet a guest looking for some honest answers.)

Submitted for your approval, as Rod Serling (Twilight Zone) would say...

For one year only, 2026, the country's sestercentennial, re-visiting some of the classic designs of the past: a Flying Eagle or Indian Head cent, a Liberty Head nickel, a Liberty Seated dime, .... a Gobrecht dollar (w/stars) and the Educational Series and the Watermelon for currency. Pondering whether the Mint should eliminate certain designs ought to stimulate discussion about possible suitable replacements or substitutes.  A shot in the arm, now and again, is what this hobby needs. I mean, if the USPS revived, if ever so briefly, the triangular Clipper ship and Inverted Jenny stamps, coinage too can emerge from the doldrums with an exquisite sampling of the country's finest productions...

On 12/12/2020 at 1:01 AM, S3R3NDIPITY said:

Yes, the Peace dollar looks like someone with red freckles which I’ve always found to be one of the most appealing features on a human face.

I am torn between malignant tertian malaria, the estivo-autumnal variety, due to plasmodium falciparum or plain chickenpox, but I don't want to get mauled so, yeah, red freckles... and very Christmassy, too! 😉

14 hours ago, GoldFinger1969 said:

Who is NS&G and what account are we talking about and how would it affect the CLCT deal ?

[At last count, 235 posts spread over 8 pages in just the last two weeks... It's a long story and I don't blame Alex for not replying.  Some things are just better left unsaid.]

9 hours ago, RWB said:

RE: "Octothorpe."

An "octothorpe" is an octopus named Jim with a lisp, that also plays football.

I stand corrected. 😉

[Jimmy Kimmel:  Okay. You've used your 50-50 and Ask the Audience options. That leaves you with Call a Friend...

(Ringing of phone heard)

Marisa Tomei:  Hello?

Joe Pesci:  Yeah, it's me. Now listen...  You subscribe to a service for one year that comes with a free club membership and eight grading vouchers. You join on Feb. 14, 2019. When do any unused credits expire?  Twelve seconds left!

Marisa Tomei:  Dat's E-zee!  Feb-you-erry 13, 2020.

Joe Pesci:  But you don't renew your membership! You unsubscribe in De-cem-buh 2019!

Marisa Tomei:  Duzz-int mat-ta. One's got nuth-in-nuh do wid da ot-thu!  A ye-uh izza ye-uh!

Joe Pesci:  Are you suuure?

Marisa Tomei:  Yeah, I'm suuure!

(Buzzer heard sounding)

Joe Pesci:  Thanks, babe. Gotta go! ...

THE UNUSED COIN CLUB VOUCHERS EXPIRE WHEN YOUR MEMBERSHIP EXPIRES REGARDLESS OF RENEWAL.

Jimmy Kimmel: CONGRATULATIONS!  You are America's Newest Millionaire!]

Business ethics... interesting!  We tend to repress unpleasant experiences so I had completely forgotten why I somewhat inaccurately claimed I had allowed my membership at PCGS to "lapse." That is, until a few hours ago when, as a participating set registrant, I was invited to take a brief survey, which went on and on, and got increasingly personal to where I declined to answer certain questions, hit Submit, whereupon I was informed I had made an error, which I had no choice but to investigate only to find an Ultimatum!  Essentially, an answer to this question is required. Required?  I am not a soldier in your army! What happened to "voluntary"?

So, you see Prof. Hill, I did what anyone somewhat in possession of their full faculties would have done: I backed out, and then the flood of memories came back to me triggered by that unconditional demand. (Do you remember that Abbott & Costello episode where Lou utters, Niagara, and Mr. Fields goes berserk? "Slow-ly I turned. Step-by-step..")

The first turn-off, if you will, is what Coinbuf politely refers to as enrollment... with strings attached. Irreconcilable differences? Too bad. Your membership cannot lapse. Unsubscribing is a manual process. And after a few more slights -- my unused grading credits suddenly evaporating, I had had enough. I disengaged and left. Collectors Club... like when you shop for upgrades, find none, or wares that are beneath your grade all the while being told "we are doing everything we can to find..."  No, you're not! Who needs that?  The Set Registry is a parallel universe. Get a load of this: How to improve your overall set rating: Why, start a U.S. coin set. "Everyone's doing it."  You kidding me? Business ethics? Ha!

Someone, apparently objecting to my presence here, very forwardly asked, You got a set over there, so why are you over here?  Truth be told, the threads over there are constricting. It's almost like being in a surgical suite and being instructed to produce specific instruments to perform specific tasks. It felt suffocating. Here, I feel welcomed.  Like I matter. Even my enemies cannot seem to get enough of me! I cannot imagine life without the likes of such disparate and intriguing personalities such as you, the ever gentlemanly Just Bob, the raucous newcomer NevadaS&G, the overwhelming MAULEMALL, the cantankerous VKurtB, the scholarly and dry-humored RWB (that someone even created an avatar for! Alex from PA?) Goldfinger1969, a host of ignorers who occasionally slip up and acknowledge my presence, and the ever-present Chilean secret police, DINA, who administer everything from wrist-slaps to banishment to Bogeyland. 

Business ethics?  Well, there is the right way and the wrong way and then there's PCGS' way.  I may own a nice set of Roosters but nobody gets to own me. And if push were to come to shove, there is always the welcoming arms of the folks in sunny Sarasota!