RonnieR131

When the pics show up and they are Coopers, not Bloopers, I might be interested.

Don't have many 'zitters'. This is really my John Wilkes Boothe Was Here coin, but it might qualify to be in the 'ringworm' catagory. Maybe.

I guess ancient counterfeit collectors, when they get together and talk, their conversations are like "my fake has only been cleaned probably 20 times, once every 100 years. Yours has been cleaned at least a 100 times, and still has wine stains in the facial area". Interesting piece to me, brings up a lot of questions..

Looks like a 'shirt tail' wiping, 'spit and wipe', behind the neck and under the Buff, but who cares. Still nice for $4 or whatever. Nice find. As usual, I have to clarify, "no cleaning is good on any coin". ---------------------------- After looking through 203,976,454,789,191 1 cent rolls, I have yet to find a Cam or a Wam. No 1992 CAM is acceptable, I guess, but a WAM, you'd think at least ONE. GBrad and some others find them occasionally, but ronnie sure doesn't. Haven't found a double eared or eyed or bow tie, etc.. Not griping, just saying. Oh well, I will !!! maybe....

Loomis must be cleaning out the back of their vaults or something, like I said a couple of weeks ago, rolls of pennies are amazing. Hardly any, if any, Shields. Usually about two thirds in the 70's, the remaining third in 50's and 60's, occasional teens, 20's and 30's. I have everyone in the family getting them, except daughter is wore out from it. I'm giving away all the ones in the teens the last two weeks, undulated with them. I'd like to call Loomis, but would imagine security would laugh, hang up, and call the FBI. LOL

We have a special thread to put on a list the people that Knowingly sell fakes. You can scan that list before you buy a piece, and submit the names that con you, that is after you try to correct it with them and they don't make it right. And then of course, the general knowledge that even a child knows, never buy from Etsy. etc... Good luck rs, and don't be discouraged' Stay in the hobby.

Same as Coinbuf. Nice keeper.

Morgan is a 65, cleaned. Nice coin JP. It could be a 66 and not cleaned for all I know. Lol. Good luck sir.

I don't see snakes well in the real world, or die cracks in the coin world. Still looking.

Where's JKK. A pretty good Chinese coin evaluator, although he's not really needed. He has a gentle way of saying you spooned up. Good luck Joejingojack, you never know.

Looked like a parking lot nickel to me. Guess my grading skills are lacking as well. I got one part right, it's a bull.

The reverse of the 1961 looks really good. The obverse I can't tell because the pic focus is too blurry. It almost looks coated. The inside of the ear and beard are missing, and more. Just my immediate observation. Others will soon chime in that know a LOT more than I. Good luck, I wish you well.

I was hoping the best for you. I guess it was best to let it go. That 20% bp really is a pretty big deal at the four and five figure levels, at least to my blue collar way of looking at it.

MS66 VAM 9A edit (hellifIknow)

I wish you would take it easy on Ratz. If you haven't stared at a parking lot cent on acid, you don't know what real fun is. I know what your thinking, a dime is 10 times the fun. No, its the same.

Don't mean to interrupt, but I think several different years of AU58 $3 golds are a steal, considering known survivors.

Thanks old man, appreciate the link.

I don't know what's up, but I'm buying rolls of Lincolns again. Hardly any shields. Alot of wheats, full of 40's and 50's. In one roll, 2 1910's, 1918 S, '13 S, '33 D, 2 54's, a '55, 61 62 63 66 69 . One roll. I went back and got a box, same thing. All 'darkies' at the end of the roles, all Loomis rolled. Of course there were some exceptions, some loaded with 70's and 80's, but highly unusual. Well, not even highly unusual, but unique in my short two year experience. My first thought was that the clerks were playing a joke on me, but no. Fun again!

As mentioned, Etsy is a big NO for coin browsing. Some people, me included, won't even bother with Ebay. A lot of legit selling and buying goes on at Ebay, but buyers beware of raw pieces. The reason I don't use Ebay is because there's so many other places, Great Collections, on and on, etc... It's sad to see some of the coins for sale, knowing that someone is going to buy that 1955 doubled die for $440 thinking they did well, post it here, and get the bad news. Everyone is responsible for themselves, I know that, it just irks me that I can't jump through the computer screen and take care of business. So that's why I don't even browse there for humor, I don't want to set myself up for bad feelings, and ruin a great day.. So there, got that off my chest. LOL......

1870 S

QA is a good man.

A cent for your thoughts.

Congratulations on a good first year! A fun hobby we can do in rain, sleet or shine. From Mine To Mint (RWB) is a must. Myself, during the last almost two years, finally realizing what I can and can not afford, helped me see a clearer picture of where I'm going with my collecting. BUT, I'll never give up the hope that I may find an 1880 Coiled Hair PF 67 Cameo $4 Stella in my pocket change someday. 😀

That dreaded word, 'rare'. Good luck with your find, send it in.

Nice find. I want to say EF45, but I'm going with AU53. Just a wild guess.