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Moxie15

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  1. I must admit that I find you very confusing If you are trying to invest you have a strange attitude about it. If you are looking for help and advice you have an odd way of asking for it. If you are just trying to show you are the smartest man in the room, then.... if you are just bragging
  2. oh dear, I hope these are not the best you have seen
  3. Smeagle hates stupid names for die breaks. They smell of Hobbits, Smeagle hates Hobbitses the mosts.
  4. that is a cooking pan or bowl by revere ware. I have never heard of collectors caring about multi struck logos. Bur who is to say?
  5. Iron Eyes Cody was the anti- littering Indian. He was of Italian heritage with no Native American blood. Just a decent actor who made a career out of the part.
  6. The Government is not always logical, especially when viewed in hindsight. For a long time it was illegal in California to own, possess, or transport into or through the state Meyers lemons fruit, trees, seeds, or products thereof. Offence of these laws or statutes carried penalties often greater than doing the same thing with marijuana.
  7. Seven? Let's see... 1. Has anyone ever gotten a "classic dryer coin" from a dryer? 2. Has anyone ever owned or even seen a complete 1964 SMS? 3. Why do people insist on calling certain half dollars 1964 SMS coins when no 1964 Special Mint Sets were ever sold or produced? well, there is a start
  8. That is the spelling the spell check on my computer had as correct. So whoever programed the spellcheck has a spelling problem, and yes I have problem with spelling, always have . Now, I respect your knowledge and dedication, but I think your thinking that the only way to define something is the way you define it and all other definitions are wrong is akin to thinking that if you are not Eastern Orthodox then you are not a Christian. This is a hobby, as such it is meant to please and amuse the hobbyist. If you are pleased by completing a set of one of every possible variant minted then enjoy. It should cause you no pain or concern that another collector defines a complete set differently.
  9. A set is complete when the collector is satisfied with it. The idea that some 'authority' decides how one must collect is ludacris in my mind. To some a Morgan set is not complete unless you have all the VAMs to others if you have one of every date and mint, still others just every date, others still one in each grade. My set is complete when I say so not some expert or anyone else. So yes if the collector has a group of coins that he is satisfied with then 19% is complete.
  10. Yes, it can. If the coin can be identified to date and mint. Look at the low ball collecting. If the coin has a defining element to the date, such as the Type one standing liberty quarter then it can be identified and graded with no date at all. As to 'Should it be graded', well, that is up to constant debate
  11. It is a store token given to the customer in change. mMany stores used them as advertizing and to keep a customer coming back as it had value only in Whalen Bros. in Paris Ill.They are not worth much but are interesting and have a history all there own.
  12. I have always found it odd what humans find valuable. Gold has turned men into blithering insufficiently_thoughtful_persons throught much of recorded history but has often not been the most precious metal or substance. Depending when and where you are standing many things have been more precious than gold. Silver, platinum, jade, iron, aluminium, just off the top of my head have all been more valuable than gold weight per weight at one time or other. I suppose it is all in one's perspective. What is the main use of a so called precious metal? Mostly it seems it used for money or to back money and make pretty things of little or no functional use. When a man is hungry he gladly trades his precious metal for food, thirsty he will trade for drink, here traded for transportation to get there. In short we all willingly and gladly spend that which makes us rich for that which keeps us alive and comfortable. Perhaps, just perhaps, may not be all that precious after all.
  13. Short answer - no Very nice cent I would put it in a better looking 2x2 but it is worth just a couple dollars.
  14. One must not apply 21st century knowledge and fears to such things. At the time of this letter the office had been open just over a year and was in an area that was not known as a hub of crime and was likely being run on a very limited budget. Was this the first letter mr Roberts wrote requesting funds? Was Mr Roberts recently appoointed as Director? So many facts we do not know, some we may never know. It is easy to judge by ones own feelings and beliefs.
  15. Well I have been at it since 1971 and I will never claim to be able to grade perfectly. In fact as I have aged I have changed from trying to match any TPG's or anyone else's grading. Grading is an opinion, nothing more or less. Think about it, how many of you reading this have re-submitted a coin to the same or different service looking for the higher grade you think the coin should have? How many have sent in a a coin that straight graded coin to have it come back details or vise versa? I have never sent a coin in to a TPG so I have never felt what some of you are talking about. I have come to the point where I grade by my standards and they are often a bit tighter than either of the big two services. If I am spending what I think is a large amount of money I will often look for a graded coin, not so much for the number on the label, but for the assurance of the coin being genuine, as most coins I buy are removed from whatever tomb they are in soon after purchase. When I buy a coin It must do two things, please me, and fit my budget. If it does that then if I agree with the label or not does not matter. But what do I know?
  16. It is a strike issue. I think it is a weak strike, There are other possibilities such as a partially filled die or the the die was not straight.
  17. @Mike Meenderink This has been interesting except for one thing. I have not seen your answer to what you think number 2 is.
  18. That does not seem to show any die doubling in my opinion. It looks to be a bit of die wear and machine doubling.
  19. A man could keep something cleaner than a woman... I am speechless
  20. To me that looks as if it was designed and "engraved" total by computer. I see no artistry in it at all. But then again many Celtic and Anglo-Saxon coins have less than stellar artistry. so
  21. There is much GOOD advice here and I mean no disrespect to anyone but these type of hoards or accumulations seldom hold anything of great value. The stamps I have no knowledge of so I would say store them so they are flat and remove any rubber bands keep them in a dry place and do not move them around a lot until you are ready to go through them. Modern stamps, although quite beautiful are seldom worth more than face value The bills store as others have said, do not fold spindle or mutilate. Most circulated bills saved by the average Joe are worth little or nothing above face value, but there are many minor things that can make them valuable so these deserve some time spent on them The coins... I think you mentioned state quarter sets, if so spend them. You will look long to find anyone who will pay a premium for them. Quarters, dimes, and nickels 1965 and onward are spenders. Lincoln cents 1959 forward are spenders The wheat cents have minor value on the whole with a few dates that are valuable. Sort them by decades and put them in rolls or tubes for later inspection Sort the Buffalos by date and no date. The date was a high place on the coin and wore off fast. Most dateless buffs are worth about 6 cents but there are a few special dates that can be identified even if the date is long gone because there is something else on the coin that tells the experts what it is and those still have value. Pre 1964 are silver and have value so keep them together. I envy you, I love sorting through such collections even though they seldom hold much. I have sorted through large collections like these for others four time, two were of almost no value above face , one was pretty good with lots of silver and a few early 1800 coins and one left me breathless and sweating. When the family wanted to sell them I recommended a trustworthy dealer who paid them over half again what I thought they would get,
  22. A ball peen hammer would do it methinks
  23. That would seem like an extraordinary amount of 5 cent coins in 1872. I tried to look up weekly pay for 1872 and wound up here https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433075932602&seq=1 on page 101 of the annual report of the Commissioners of Emgiration of the State of New York for the year ending ... 1870 is listed the weekly pay of a Goldsmith as $20 to $30. This looks to be a well paid profession, well above many professions listed, makes me wonder why would this company on Wall Street need enough nickels to pay a Goldsmith for 10 weeks.
  24. The OP coin is very nice but would grade as no more than Extra Fine in the British standards. I am putting together a type set of British coins from William III to Elizabeth II, so far from an expert, I have experience with their grading. Things we accept such as cabinet friction or weak strike will more often than not keep the coin from an Uncirculated grade. That coin is well struck for the type and period, at least by what I have seen, and would be a daamn fine addition to just about any collection. You like it and are proud of it as you should be. If that is a typical example of your collection I would enjoy sitting with you and perusing through it.