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Missing/funky window under the cupula?

There are also a number of Lincoln civil war tokens that might interest you.

I only own one:

Thanks for the update. I wanted to attend but the conflict with Pennsylvania buck season kept me away. I dislike the switch of opening day from Monday to Saturday.

This medal is slightly unusual in that it shows a beardless Lincoln. I can't find any info on it and I've never seen another. It appears to be aluminum.

General Ambrose Burnside can be found on some Rhode Island civil war tokens.

I've had a nickel since I was a kid that'll squirt water in my brother's eye if I can get him to look closely enough at the O in "OF". I wonder what it would grade.

He told me they punched a hole through the center and were tapping them all over the ship...against rails, steps, decking, bunks. I didn't ask any more on the topic. At the time I was more interested in why he was going to the Aleutian Islands.

My grandfather spent a few weeks being transported on a ship during WWII. He told me it was very noisy as so many soldiers were tapping on coins with spoons to make rings to pass the time.

I guess I didn't fully understand. They'll be selling boxes of random slabbed coins like baseball cards? I can't imagine the price or how new collectors will sell their "doubles". I bought my baseball cards at .25 a pack and that came with a stick of bubblegum. Is there a slot for gum?

I can see how this might be popular with the younger crowd collecting modern superhero and other comic book or novelty foreign coins. It doesn't impact me and what I collect so I'll just be watching the show from the sidelines. Maybe we'll soon see NGC sponsoring the X Games.

Interesting post and thank you Coinbuf for sharing.

I'm sorry to hear that. Perhaps ask your neighbors? The last FedEx package I received (not from NGC) was delivered to my front step without even ringing the doorbell. The "signature required" sticker and instructions were totally ignored.

I agree. TPG's are what I choose. They remove questions about authenticity, grade, and identification. The last can be particularly important for tokens or non-US coins. Important other facts can be added to the back of the slab with a label-maker. In this way, I think my heirs will at least have a fighting chance of not getting pennies on the dollar. I like the idea of communicating suggested auction houses or dealers. I intend to add that to the "fill in the blank" page of my will ASAP. To those who plan to sell before you pass, I agree that this would be ideal. The question then becomes: When? As one who has unexpectantly woken up three times in intensive care and being told once that I may be permanently blind, once that I would not survive the night, and another that I would not survive 48 hours and to get my affairs in order, I can assure you there was not a lot I could do semi-conscious in an ICU bed with various parts of me not functioning. Even today after cancer, stroke, numerous surgeries, stiches, staples, glue, clips, cauterizing, plates, rods, screws, and significant ongoing organ damage with a poor prognosis, I don't want to sell off everything. It feels like I'd be throwing in the towel and waiting around to die. Plus I enjoy coin collecting more now than ever.

Apparently they are doing a significant number of significant things.

I think Lady Liberty was trying to catfish you with some type of photoshop picture editing trickery. That first picture makes her look ten years younger.

Civil War Token 167/435e