1859 Brass Cent Vs 1859 9/6

Personally I think you're trolling, efforts to engage in actual polite discussion have failed.




When you go out of your way to torment others as you admitted, that makes you a troll. I'm not sure what pleasure you get from the exercise because the topic itself is interesting enough without the drama.

SPP, your efforts to explain things to a troll have failed. Your expertise is unquestionable. Again, as we have discussed off this forum, a few attempt to mislead novice collectors for gain, not education. The differance between a buyer of coins and a collector is easy to see. Too funny!

We do need a heated discussion from time to time. Highly entertaining.

Exactly...time to write a new book

There has only been 1 time where I think the money I spent on a numismatic book would have been better spent elsewhere. That's the one.

I post here, to provide assistance to novice collectors, to share my experience in Canadian and NFLD numismatics and to deflect the manure that new collectors can be bombarded with. My posts are based on fact (usually published information) and about 10 years of experience in Canadian numismatics and, most importantly, from knowledge shared from some very good numismatists that I am proud to call friends. My name is in the front of the Charlton Catalogue for a very good reason, and I have pubished numismatic papers on various topics - I don't need these insults from internet trolls who think that money can buy it all. I don't think or try to pretend that I know everything, but I try my best to pass along information that currently exists, and is accepted, in the literature, and I try to share new discoveries. The key dates involved in this discussion have been published in the CN Bulletin (the precursor to the CN Journal) since the early 1950s; coins with a history will always have a history and prices reflect that. No one can predict the future of Canadian numismatics, we can only look to our past...

The last tirade of insults, completely off-topic from the questions being addressed, has me second guessing if there are better things I can do with my time. Trust me, when it comes to Canadian coin forums, this one is definitely not 'home'. I think it is time to stop reaching out, and stick to the site I do call 'home'. It has been a slice, and if any of you have questions, I think you are in good hands with Dan-in-Crystal_Lake, pginrh, Ugly, t_y, nickelsguy and several other people with far more time and experience in this hobby than I. My offer will always still stand to purchase your Canadian counterfeits for research and education purposes, and the offer is there to zap those mystery planchets and coins with the XRF in my lab. Just ask any of the names aforementioned for my contact information.

SPP...you have my admiration for your considerable knowledge and your willingness to share it. Thank you. If people like yourself are replaced on this board by those less informed and with less repute then I will follow your footsteps to other internet dwellings. I hope not to lose this site but I visit here with the hope to trust and learn from the educated and sage opinions of individuals like yourself and others you mention.
Caveat lector.

My Two Cents.