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sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 06:32 am Canadian ice hockey is a bit like that ! Report this Post to the Staff
nss-52 Moderator United States 54283 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 07:54 am I have one...can I sell it and buy a 1909-S VDB? Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here) See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10048 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 4:28 pm Wow Numis...very nice find! A CD 154 McLaughlin. Since I have always been east coast and am now midwest, I have an absolute zero chance of finding a Mclaughlin in the wild. That also is a nicer color. Many of these that I do see at shows and swap meets are straw or pale greenish colors. A blue gray lists 20-30, blue at 30-40, and Delft blue at 50-75. Cannot tell which this one is in the pic. Not bad for the first one you ever got in the wild! Admittedly the picture reminds me of a delft blue one. As to damage, the insulator hobby is a bit more forgiving than coins and bottles. These were utilitarian glass and so an actual mint specimen is not usual. A wooden pin's base (which the insulator would be screwed onto) sometimes was secured with a nail being pounded into it through the side of the crossarm. Sometimes the linemen actually used the dome of the insulator to do this! The insulator price guide actually specifies the listed prices are for near mint specimens. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10048 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 4:44 pm @nss-52 Well...sorry...in clear they are found on the free table at shows. BUT...considering this is likely 100 years old (or close now that we are in the 2020s), it is still an amazing pice of history for sure. The thing is that now, unless you are out west and in a secluded areas, almost all glass insulators in the wild are have been taken down by RR companies fearful of (brainless) law suits. In the last 3 years or so it has been surprising to people in the hobby that what we always considered common have been moving up in price from free to 3.00 and up to 15-20.00 depending on the color. I think the internet has also spurred this on b/c postal prices are so insanely out of control that anything online costs way more than it used to. So ebay insulators I used to ship for 2.50 are now shipped at a minimum of over 10.00. Thus what used to be a 5.00 insulator is now technically seen as a 15.00 insulator. And many people cannot get them any other way than online whereas they used to be easily accessible by anyone. Now if this one were purple...(also common but the color sells them)...40-50. Which, up until about three years ago was 25.00! How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190060 Posts	Posted 10/16/2023 10:51 am Quote: I have one...can I sell it and buy a 1909-S VDB? Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
cptbilly Pillar of the Community United States 1979 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 10:10 am Another example of colliding hobbies: Cleaning out a storage shed brought out the medallion shown below. In 1991, Topps responded to the challenge Upper Deck posed to Topps' primacy in sports cards by issuing a "limited edition" set of cards under the brand name "Stadium Club." Included in the so-called "Charter Member" Stadium Club set was the Nolan Ryan medallion shown below, a bronze replica of the card celebrating Ryan's 300th win: I gave up sportscards when grading and "chase" cards took over. The medal is kind of cool, though. Easy to find and inexpensive. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190060 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 10:14 am Very interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10048 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 11:10 am Very cool medallion. I am neither a fan of professional games of any kind nor could I likely name more than 3 or 4 professional teams in most of them (Winchester, Remington, and Shakespeare [fishing!) were my childhood companions), but even I have at least heard of Nolan Ryan . I can appreciate a "great" in any discipline and this medallion is a cool way of doing it. Yeah...I was glued to the set with the ORIGINAL Dream Team in the olympics! How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
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