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I picked this up the other day. The dealer marked it XF(!), but he was not foolish enough to price it XF.

Is that a copper 1943 cent?

I picked up this 1908-S Barber dime the other day. Head over this way and tell me what you'd grade it.

Agreed, that is one cool Grant!

Here's my latest pickup.

I picked up a circulated commemorative and a silver eagle with a little toning.

I've had these for I'm not sure how long, and I recently rediscovered them. The "coins" (I'm not sure if they're real or fake) are polished, with a thumb screw mounted on the back of them. I guess they'd go on a belt or something like that? The Kennedy half is offered for size comparison.

Here are a few coins I've picked up over the last couple of months.

Nice looking dollars. Here's a less nice one.

Funny, that picture looks like this one.

I like that half dime. :thumbsup:

Nice coins, everybody. Congrats on the 70, Bobby.

I picked up this Barber quarter on eBay. The first images are the seller's. The second set are mine.

I relieved the teller at the bank of the few half dollars she had in her tray. I got home and found this one among them. Poor Jack looks like he took a few punches.

Nice coins, everyone. Here's one of my latest pickups.

My uncle received this coin, his grandfather's, years ago. Now he has given it to me. Here is my great-grandfather's Columbian half. It has a little wear on it.

I wish my junk pile looked like that!

I've been waiting to post this one. Whaddaya think?

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Nice coins, everybody! Here are a few I picked up the other day.

Some scratches on the obverse, but it was cheap.

The pics are a pretty poor representation of the coin's appearance. I haven't figured out yet how to capture the real tiny coins.

Great coins, everybody! I had to pick my jaw up off the ground after that 1808 quarter eagle. I've been too busy to post lately, but I have picked up a few additions.

Ordered from the Mint. No "Reverse of 2007," but a nice coin nonetheless.

The next few came from the annual Texas Numismatic Association show in Fort Worth. My wife finds great amusement in "TNA," because of its other connotations. I enjoyed the show, although there weren't as many people shopping as I expected. The crowd was similar to the other Fort Worth area shows, the difference being there were two or three time the dealers at this one, but with the same crowd. I did see a full set of Panama Pacific commemoratives, including both $50 gold coins. Those were quite a sight. My uncle came up Sunday, but he missed them. He's been collecting longer than I've been around, and he had never seen them. He'll have to wait a little longer. I also enjoyed seeing the Confederate half dollar restrike.

I took my friend's 10 year old son with me to the show. He did real well at the youth auction, leaving with a bag of buffalo nickels, some wheat cents, a 1978 proof set, and a 1965 special mint set. All of this for free. Kudos to the TNA.

I came home with the following. I'd appreciate grade opinions on the 1853 Arrows half dime.

1942 Walking Liberty half:

Finally, I entered the raffle, and I won third place, this raw $5 gold eagle. Not bad for $5 worth of tickets.

My other recent pickup. These small ones are hard to photograph.

This is one of my latest pickups.

A couple of recent purchases.

As you can tell from the different shades of blue background, the color is off in the picture of this 1833 bust dime. The reverse picture is more indicative of how the coin looks in hand.

Here's an 1892 Columbian half. See this thread for closer pictures of some doubling on the reverse.

Thanks for the kind words, everybody. I like that San Francisco gold. I have the silver $1 commemorative, but not the gold.

Great coins, James and everyone else. Here are two of my latest.

It does look better than the images we saw a couple weeks ago on the Mint web site.