coincorgi

46 minutes ago, VKurtB said:

Why do any of the hundreds who post similar questions on this very site?

Shinny coins that make 'em rich!

2 hours ago, RWB said:

A "restrike" must, by definition, be made from an original die, and struck at some later date. One cannot copy or imitate something and call it a "restrike."

Where does the adulteration of terminology stop? Shall we have "Specimen Restrike Imitations" or other garbage?

They are little rip-offs foisted on the ignorant.

Don't drag Dan Carr into this. ;) lol jk

I don't think there are any known 1900-O/S Morgans. Here's a list of VAMS for that date/MM.

http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1900-O_VAMs

Got any good pics (don't bother posting them unless they are good )?

8 minutes ago, VKurtB said:

picture done on the Swilcan Bridge

I was only able to do this...none of the other stuff you did.

Hope you like humidity!

4 minutes ago, VKurtB said:

May 22, 2020. A remarriage with ex-wife #2. She came along on my numismatic trip to the U.K. last fall, to help me navigate London better (she had been), and we re-sparked.

Cool. Congrats.

6 minutes ago, VKurtB said:

My current attitude is to live as I want, ask no quarter nor give any, love my wife and my kid (not related) like every time I see them might be the last time, and give all I have to my work and my hobby. And if it all becomes too much to bear, from the physical pain, all I need to do is stop my meds for 7 days, and I'll be gone. But I take no habit-forming pain meds.

Wife? Since when?

5 minutes ago, Just Bob said:

According to the habitat map below, groundhogs do not live in the Deep South. I know I have never seen one in the wild. Eating them must be a Yankee thing.

What do groundhogs have against Canada?

12 minutes ago, Conder101 said:

the legislation authorizing the ATB quarters which was either 2007 or 2008

I provided a link to a pdf of the bill in my post. 2008, BTW.

25 minutes ago, erwindoc said:

Anyone got a definite answer?

This is the current status...

from wikipedia (because I am too lazy to type/paraphrase anything)...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful_quarters

"According to the legislation, once the America the Beautiful Quarters Program ends in 2021, the obverse of the quarter will revert to the original Flanagan design used from 1932 until the start of the 50 State Quarter Program. However, the reverse will be redesigned to feature General Washington crossing the Delaware River, the same theme that was used on the 1999 New Jersey quarter."

H.R. 6184 (110th): America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 (link to pdf)

16 minutes ago, physics-fan3.14 said:

Yes, I always check all 4. If I'm going to ignore them, then I'm going to do my best to completely remove them from my existence. In the words of Pharaoh Sethi in the Ten Commandments: Their name shall be stricken from every book and tablet. Stricken from every pylon and obelisk of the internet. Let the name of the ignored be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of man, for all time. 

I'll tolerate someone for a long time. The "ignore" actions I described above are quite severe. Sometimes I'll put a time limit on it in hopes someone will change (on CoinTalk, I've ignored people for 6 months and then restored them... usually that's a mistake). I don't ignore a whole lot of people, but when I do, I don't regret it. I'll admit, I'm more likely to ignore somebody than many people are - but I think more people should ignore certain people. 

When I do ignore someone, I also publicly announce it. My hopes are that people will join me in ignoring them. When I put someone on ignore, its because they've exhibited destructive or disruptive behavior. They are trolls. Don't feed the trolls. When I see people feeding the trolls, it makes me sad because we could all just fix the problem by ignoring them! 

Honestly, I've ignored far more people on the NGC forums than on CoinTalk. NGC moderators don't moderate, they simply let the boards self destruct. I have to ignore people here or else I'd just leave, like so many others have. 

For example, on CoinTalk, I ignored VKurtB a long time ago, before he was banned there. When he re-surfaced here I had hoped he'd changed. I gave him a chance. He didn't change. And so now I've ignored him permanently - and will do so on whatever website I may see him emerge on anytime in the future, instantly. I really don't expect he'll ever be banned here, to the permanent detriment of these forums. Eh, it's NGC's place to run.

Didn't you ignore me on CoinTalk, or am I mistaking you for someone else?

Kurt being able to post here is the only reason I've started reading (and now posting) this forum. Plus who can pass up ol' "Socrates" Insider's lessons du jour on two sides of the street at once?

37 minutes ago, physics-fan3.14 said:

I assumed you had ignored one of the people I recently ignored. They have both posted several times to this thread. If you aren't seeing that, then I'm not sure who you ignored. 

It probably has to do with how many of the 4 options you are presented with when you add someone to your ignore list. Insider said he checked all 4 and I think that means you get no indication of even a mention of the ignored user.

Maybe. Dunno...haven't ignored anyone yet.

1 minute ago, physics-fan3.14 said:

Since this thread is about ignoring people - not everyone might know how to do that. You might want to do that to some people. Here's how: 

1. On a post of theirs, hover over their username.
2. A box will pop up with three options at the bottom: Message / Ignore / Find Content.

3. Click Ignore. 

4. You'll be taken to a new screen with a menu "Add new user to ignore list." You should see that users name in blue, and below is a selection of what you want to ignore: Posts, Messages, Signature, Mentions. Select the options you want to ignore (I usually select all 4). 

5. After you've made your selection, click the green button "Update Preferences." 

6. The newly ignored member will be added to the blue list "Users Currently Being Ignored." 

7. Go, and live in peace, knowing that you won't be bothered by that member any more. 

(bonus round: when an ignored poster posts in a thread you will see a light grey notice which says: "You've chosen to ignore content by VKurtB. Options" If you are consumed by morbid curiosity, you can click and it will show you that post. But, if you do that then why did you ignore them in the first place?)

Congrats Kurt!

20 minutes ago, coincorgi said:

What if I told you I conserved the coin or I took the black corrosion off at the customers request?

Did you tell me? Sorry I missed it if you did tell me.

Did you conserve the coin at the customers request?

21 minutes ago, Insider said:

What if I told you I conserved the coin or I took the black corrosion off at the customers request?  If I had owned the coin, I should have sold it with the black streak and let some "genius" such as [SELF EDIT] learn all about end stage corrosion by himself. 

So rather than your snarky reply which I responded to in kind, you might have asked nicely so I could reply:  This is how:  When you remove something from the surface of a coin, the underlying surface will either return to its "original" (for all that examine it) condition or be different.  The degree of difference can range from a simple discoloration to a rather deep granular crater.  The color of the oxidation (toning) HELPS DETERMINE what the underlying surface will look like if it is removed.  The color BLACK is very bad.  There is only one part of a coin where it can be removed w/o leaving a trace.  

At first I was going to post a before and after but...Unfortunately, it is bad form to show before and after images of conserved coins on another  TPGS forum.  I did this once by completely removing a large corrosion spot from an MS-66 buffalo on the PCGS forum.  I got a stern warning not to do it again.     NGC has a coin conservation service that is one of the best.       .        

My reply was in no way intended to be snarky. I wish you hadn't taken it that way, but we'll live with the results of your interpretation of my intent. I was hoping for the type of response you have now provided.

Thanks for recognizing me as a "genius", you're so nice (fyi that is snark).

1 hour ago, Insider said:

Ok, I'll wait for you to explain the progression of oxidation on a silver coin FOR ALL OF THE MEMBERS in this discussion.  Otherwise, please stop  

posting nonsense about things you know nothing about.   

Thanks in advance. 

I was questioning your absolute certainty that it had progressed all the way to black before the cleaning took place. I don't know how you can be certain how far it had gone. Ease up Socrates.

I think open.

1 minute ago, VKurtB said:

Must be higher quality bands than I see around here these days. I guess that’s not hard to imagine. 

And it is just that...an imagined cause...just like insider imagines that it was corrosion that had progressed to "black".

12 minutes ago, VKurtB said:

One last question on the last quiz: those “bands” were extremely tidy and tight, like the alleged ability of “frog tape” to mask paint cleanly. I saw someone guessed something about a rubber band. That is unsatisfying to me. Have you another guess?

Straight and parallel lines...hard to do that and cause corrosion at the same time. I'm sticking with the rubber band theory.

@InsiderWhy not name the person you've ignored?