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Mr.Bill347

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  1. I Did Conder101. I shouldn't have bought it anyway and I paid too much. My Bad.
  2. My Latest Editions with my own brand of labeling. Pay no attention to the scratch on the inside of the slab on the US Constitution coin. OOPS!
  3. David, thank you for sharing that very informative video. Your knowledge is incomprehensible and I appreciate your comments.
  4. Awesome RWB! Funny, the city I live in was not yet founded when this coin was minted. Now population is 75,000! in fact, Indiana had only been a state for 31 years! Thanks I’ll add it to my wish list for Santa Claus!
  5. I realized this past week, that I am acquiring quite a few British coins. The designs are diverse, historical, and interesting to look at. I started out with a 2021 Britannia 2# and it sorta sprung up from there. They are really a lot more cost effective over buying US quarters. Am I off the rails here?
  6. I bought a 1921 Morgan dollar, based on the dual picture attached. Upon receiving the coin, I discovered a big fat fingerprint right smack on Liberty’s cheek. Any suggestion of what I could try.? TIA
  7. I agree, I’m not sexist, but What’s next abortion rights? The Quarter needs to stay traditional.
  8. The US mint has just announced it’s plan for the 2022 quarters. Glad I got so many WCD and Tuskeegee now. U.S. Mint: News Release United States Mint Announces Designs for 2022 American Women Quarters™ Program Coins WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce the official designs for the first five coins in the American Women Quarters Program. Authorized by Public Law 116-330, this four-year program features coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of trailblazing American women. Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025, the Mint will issue five quarters in each of these years. The ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse group of individuals honored through this program reflects a wide range of accomplishments and fields, including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The 2022 coins recognize the achievements of Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren, and Anna May Wong. “These inspiring coin designs tell the stories of five extraordinary women whose contributions are indelibly etched in American culture,” said United States Mint Acting Director Alison L. Doone. “Generations to come will look at coins bearing these designs and be reminded of what can be accomplished with vision, determination and a desire to improve opportunities for all.” 2022 Reverse Designs The Secretary of the Treasury selected the final designs in accordance with the design selection process, which is available here. All reverse designs were created by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) Designers and sculpted by United States Mint Medallic Artists. Line art of the designs is available here. Maya Angelou—celebrated writer, performer, social activist Designer: Emily Damstra, AIP Designer Sculptor: Craig A. Campbell, Medallic Artist The design depicts Maya Angelou with her arms uplifted. Behind her are a bird in flight and a rising sun, images inspired by her poetry and symbolic of the way she lived. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “MAYA ANGELOU,” “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” and “QUARTER DOLLAR.” Dr. Sally Ride—physicist, astronaut, educator, and first American woman to soar into space Designer: Elana Hagler, AIP Designer Sculptor: Phebe Hemphill, Medallic Artist This design depicts Dr. Ride next to a window on the space shuttle, inspired by her quote, “But when I wasn’t working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.” The inscription “E PLURIBUS UNUM” is intentionally positioned over the Earth next to America, indicating that out of all women in the United States, Dr. Ride was the first into space. The additional inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “QUARTER DOLLAR,” and “DR. SALLY RIDE.” Wilma Mankiller—first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and an activist for Native American and women’s rights Designer: Ben Sowards, AIP Designer Sculptor: Phebe Hemphill, Medallic Artist This design depicts Wilma Mankiller with a resolute gaze to the future. The wind is at her back, and she is wrapped in a traditional shawl. To her left is the seven-pointed star of the Cherokee Nation. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” “QUARTER DOLLAR,” “WILMA MANKILLER,” “PRINCIPAL CHIEF,” and “CHEROKEE NATION,” which is written in the Cherokee syllabary. Nina Otero-Warren—a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement and the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools Designer: Chris Costello, AIP Designer Sculptor: Craig A. Campbell, Medallic Artist The design features an image of Nina Otero-Warren on the left, flanked by three individual Yucca flowers—New Mexico’s state flower. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “QUARTER DOLLAR,” “E PLUIBUS UNUM,” “NINA OTERO-WARREN,” and “VOTO PARA LA MUJER,” the Spanish counterpart for the suffragist slogan “Votes for Women.” Anna May Wong—first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, who left a legacy for women in the film industry Designer: Emily Damstra, AIP Designer Sculptor: John P. McGraw, Medallic Artist This design features a close-up image of Anna May Wong with her head resting on her hand, surrounded by the bright lights of a marquee sign. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” “QUARTER DOLLAR,” and “ANNA MAY WONG.” Common Obverse (Heads) Design The obverse design of all coins in the American Women Quarters Program is by Laura Gardin Fraser, one of the most prolific female sculptors of the early 20th century, whose works span the art and numismatic worlds. Fraser’s design depicts a portrait of George Washington, which was originally composed and sculpted as a candidate to mark George Washington’s 200th birthday. Though recommended for the 1932 quarter, then-Treasury Secretary Mellon ultimately selected the familiar John Flannigan design. Inscriptions are “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “2022.” On-sale dates for products containing the 2022 American Women Quarters Program will be published on the Mint’s Product Schedule here. When available,
  9. Thank you Alex, I think this would have slipped by me with the valid PGCS cert #.
  10. I bought some at Amazon 50 for $7 they state Vinyl A: My understanding, is that are not PVC free; but, that they've been made with unplasticized PVC (uPVC) that has no plasticizing chemicals in it.
  11. The 1900-O Over CC Morgan Dollar: The “Last” Carson City Silver Dollar. ... Struck at the Carson City Mint in Nevada from 1878 through 1893, these so-called CC Morgan Dollars are symbolic of the Old West and the massive silver lodes that were discovered there during the latter decades of the 19th century. However, one of the most important CC Morgan Dollar varieties wasn’t even struck until seven years after the last regular-issue Carson City Morgan rolled off the presses. The subject coin here is the 1900-O/CC Morgan Dollar, a fantastic over-mintmark coin that clearly shows the “O” mintmark of the New Orleans Mintsuperimposed atop the “CC” mintmark. How did something like that happen? Perhaps it’s a little less stupefying when one realizes that in the early 1900s, the Philadelphia Mint was distributing prepared dies to all branch mints, which included the Carson City and New Orleans Mints. As the Carson City Mint stopped producing coins in 1893 and was officially decommissioned as a U.S. Mint facility by 1899, the Philadelphia Mint no longer had a need for CC-emblazoned reverse dies by the time the 1900-O/CC Morgans were minted. More than one reverse die was sent to the New Orleans Mint containing the “O over CC” mintmark, and there are at least six known die marriages with that variation, as listed by Morgan Dollar experts Leroy Van Allen and A. George Mallis in their seminal volume Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan and Peace Dollars. The numismatic question, therefore, remains: How did the 1900-O/CC Morgan Dollar even come into existence? Two plausible theories exist concerning the origin of this fantastic variety. One attributes the O/CC as the memorialization of an “oops” moment on the part of a Mint employee in Philadelphia who, in that era of individually hand-punching mintmarks onto working dies, accidentally grabbed the wrong mintmark punch when preparing the dies to be sent to New Orleans. The other theory suggests that the Philadelphia Mint was repurposing unused Morgan Dollar reverse dies already prepared for the Carson City Mint months or years earlier and repunched an “O” mint mark over the extant “CC” for use at the New Orleans Mint. For many numismatic experts, this particular proposal makes more sense, because many dies originally prepared for the Carson City Mint ended up going unused after that facility’s closure and were reappropriated for use. Due to the large mintages of coins at the New Orleans Mint in 1900 and the fact that at least a handful of reverse dies bear the anomaly, this fascinating over-mintmark yields a decent number of survivors. Perhaps as much as 10% of the original 1900-O Morgan Dollar mintage of 12,590,000 pieces wound up with the over-mintmark variety, meaning roughly 1.2 million coins may have borne the O Over CC mintmark. However, attrition through circulation, melting, and other forms of damage over the decades decimates that figure. Therefore, PCGS CoinFactsestimates there are now approximately 50,000 examples across the grading spectrum. Remarkably, about 50% of the survivors are in uncirculated grades, including 3,000 in MS65 or better. However, there are no known examples in Prooflike (PL) or Deep Mirror Prooflike (DMPL). Even though many of these coins were paid out by banks in the years immediately following their release, the large fraction of uncirculated survivors may be best explained by the bulk discovery of these coins in bags; quantities of 1900-O Morgan Dollars were released from United States Treasury vaults well into the mid-20th century. What’s more, collectors became privy to the variety by the 1920s, ensuring that generations of collectors have been cognizant of the coin and have saved many of them from entering circulation. Counterfeits are known, and thus it’s best to stick with buying certified specimens. Many 1900-O/CC Morgan Dollars boast a sharp strike and excellent luster, so eye appeal usually isn’t a problem with these coins. Neither is the matter of affordability, with PCGS CoinFacts listing VF20 specimens at $120 and AU50 examples around $210; an expense to be sure, but these prices rival the fair market value of similarly circulated “regular” Carson City Morgan Dollars, yet also offer the added bonus of being a noteworthy variety
  12. I know but all my commemoratives are in my registry except this one. Valid I’d but won’t accept it in the registry.
  13. A star note only happens when the sequential numbering cannot be maintained for some reason. The star indicates an out of sequence serial number which is rare. I have a one dollar star note a more frequent oddity is to get 5 sequential $20 bills when withdrawing $100
  14. Very nice JP! Wow 😮 Isn’t that Morgan one of the “O” over “CC” coins? I got these today 1916 St. Gaudens Mercanti signed National Park commemorative which NGC will not allow me to add to the registry for some reason a 1981 British QEII CHARLES/DIANA commemorative, I think the only coin with Diana on it and a beautiful 1957 wheatie
  15. Even more today. I got these beauties. 1) 1916 St. Gaudens National Park commemorative. Funny it wont allow me to add it to my registry but shows as a valid certification number 2) a 1981 British Charles/Diana coin. I believe the only coin depicting Diana 3) a gorgeous 1957 wheat cent
  16. Very interesting I would maybe emai Brian Wexler a formidable nickel variety expert. http://briansvarietycoins.com
  17. 1.) 2000 P PR69Dcam Library of Congress Commemorative 2.) 20012 S Proof Set (had never been opened!.) 14 coins! 3.) British Virgin Islands 100th Anniversary Commemorative of the Morgan/Peace Dollars
  18. My wife has had TWO titanium knee replacements on the same Leg. I wanted to ask I I could have the OLD PARTS once they removed them, but though no that would be too gross!.
  19. Certainly better than a useless hunk of Somewhat toxic metal with danger like Gremlins Don’t get it wet! btw I love my Nikon D5600 with the 28-300mm AF-S vR lens VkurtB
  20. I took a chance on this 1oz bar of Titanium. Supposed to be .999 fine. weighs 33?grams or 1.1 oz. do you figure spot on these things?