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Howdy! Sometime collector, lately mostly a hoarder (buying stuff I think is pretty, nice, or pretty nice). Brief numismatic bio: Fell into the hobby when I found a 1918 wheatie in my paperboy money. Worked for a local coin dealer who paid me in 1/2 cents Built up a complete Lincoln wheat set, a complete Washington quarter set, and different sorts of type sets. Entire collection stolen while I was at college; never fully recovered. Got into odd stuff from paper-based auctions and sell lists: Greek, Roman, Medieval, Vlad, blah blah. Somehow fell into beautiful foreign silver (e.g. Semeuse francs) and American Silver Eagles. Will be looking to trade 1-for-1 to work toward a full set by year (I have several 1990s to trade). That's about it. Wanted to join a local coin club and visit whatever is left for shows, but COVID. |
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 to CCF. John1  |
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Glad you are with us! 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 halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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to CCF! |
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Worked for a local coin dealer who paid me in 1/2 cents That is awesome! Welcome to CCF. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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dajones: to the CCF !Similar story to mine, but I started with Australian coins coins as a kid. That was more than 60 years ago. By my late 'teens, I was into ancients. By appointment in 1970, I visited the Department of Coins and Medals in the British Museum, looking at the coins of the beginnings of Australian numismatic history, and also of ancient coinage. I inspected tray after tray of Roman gold coins, all in pristine condition. I remember that day like it was yesterday. Been hooked on ancients since then, but collect World coins of all cultures and centuries these days. There is a huge body of knowledge on ancient coinage, and scholars have earned their research pHd's on the subject. Fortunately, I have limited access through the Australian Numismatic Society to the Noble Numismatics Library in Sydney, of about 5,000 volumes of World specialist numismatic literature. I am fortunate enough to be personal friends with the guy who owns the library. These days, the ANS is able to help their American members in the same way. Hope this inspires you for the rest of your numismatic life. |
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Just practicing  Edited by dajones
07/24/2020 7:01 pm
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New Member
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Just coming back for a whine. My nifty new avatar was something that I won on ebay and was awaiting shipment. It's an oversized 25 crown piece with 43.75g of .925. I got a steal! UNTIL Silver took a jump and the otherwise seemingly reputable ebay dealer (with an actual *business*) "lost" the coin and cancelled the sale (citing "buyer request," no less). Dealers do not LOSE inventory (esp. big heavy SILVER inventory): It's their lifeblood. But leeches like lifeblood too, 'twould seem. So, now my avatar is meaningless, except as a reminder that life isn't fair. |
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Posted 07/16/2020 7:33 pm
