Electric Peak

I turned 58 (gasp!) last month. But for many years, I have not quite accepted turning 30. In my mind I'm still young, but my body gives regular reminders that my 20s are long gone. It's mostly the left knee and other joints, but the eyes are slowly failing as well. I have trouble at coin shows. If I go wearing contacts, then I need reading glasses for the 1-5 foot distance range, and can't see clearly closer than that. Or I can wear glasses similar to the contacts. Then I can slide them down my nose to see at reading distances. And looking above or below the lenses (no correction), I can see up close pretty well. Neither option is ideal, but I usually go with the glasses. Either way, I can see well through my loupe. It's just a matter of being able to see there's something worthy of the closer look.

In any case, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Enjoy spending time with your family.

Cheaper too... And eventually, they'll all be brown, though it may take a while. As a large cent collector, I think brown is much more attractive. So many "red" ones are ugly, with spots and fingerprints.

Hey Rick, et al.,

I'm still here too, but work and vacations have been taking most of my time. I'm almost done with the half dime set, and adding now and then to Walkers and Mercs. But I'm trying to decide what "classic" set to focus on next.

Alan

Steve Crain (Liberty Seated half dime expert) responded to me on the Liberty Seated Collectors Club message boards that as of the last LSCC member survey in 2005, nine examples of this variety were known.