Last week at the library among the references I found were two that mentioned counterfeit coins in an interesting way. In his 1879 paper for the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia titled "On the Falsifications of Ancient Coins," S.K. Harzfeld writes, "It is indeed true that there...

Have you seen the latest info on Eric Tillery (aka. K6AZ) and Mark Green posted on the Accugrade website? check it out at www.asa-accugrade.com

Occasionally when I was a member of the Diablo Numismatic Society in California we had an "Other Hobbies" night when we discussed our other non numismatic hobbies. Mine are model railroads, primarily the 1920's era Wabash and Southern Pacific, and also plastic model aircraft, primarily 1920-1940's...

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In a recent thread (or two) the interesting notion was rehashed, that "whizzing" involves moving metal around the surface of a coin with the aid of a wire brush. Fascinated at this seemingly absurd proposition, I asked a few questions. A little light was shed on the notion, and some good points...

Look at this guy's crap! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8310618186 Not a proof Worn Cleaned Corroded Chemically Recolored

The show didn't seem as crowded today, Friday, as it usually is. Saturdays are busier. I liked the new location in the Convention Center, right across the street from Day's Inn, though the room seemed to pick up more fumes from the street outside. Had a good show myself. The only U.S. coin I bought...

......removed all of his posts from Google in which he has been critical of ACG? Has he also removed a post in which he admitted to selling a counterfeit? What a stand up guy....so brave. Too bad he can't remove other people's quotes of those posts. ++++++++++ Phil DeMayo - always here for my...

This Periodic Posting is intended to warn newcomers and remind regulars of the true meanings behind the Orwellian New-Speak of the RCC Resident Troll, Reid Goldsborough. It is Reid's intention to use you as a plaything for his own amusement and as a source of information for paid publication...

Whats the average age of collectors in here? 27 here.

I've been slowly liquidating my lifetime coin collection and have submitted several of the better coins to NCG for grading. Today I got the most recent batch back and my 1938-D Walker came back "Mintmark Added". First, let me state categorically that I did not alter this coin. I purchased...

This is something I left out of the defense fund auction preview the other day because I had not received all of them. Two very generous donors have sent me a total of six tokens, five of which make up the set. If you have missed any, this will be your chance to get them all at once. The extra 5...

Just got a second inquiry from a customer who is justifiably annoyed that I didn't reply to her email. Heck of it is, I replied within three hours, at almost midnight on Friday. The culprit? Guess who. Here's what I explained to her. Anyone using AOL for business mail needs to pay attention,...

Last week I had 2 or 3 different discussions with a man about the collection his 80 year old mother had. This was a collection that had belonged to his father with a few pieces from grandparents, etc. He stated that the decision to sell would be his mother's and that she was too frail to bring it...

Well, I just picked up the new issue of CoinAGE and in an article they gave a sienorage report for 2003. The penny is now costing the Mint 9/10's of a cent to produce. I suppose it won't be long until they change the cent to make it more profitable to produce(like making it from alunimun)or...

-------------------------------------------------------- London Fix GOLD SILVER PLATINUM AM PM AM PM -------------------------------------------------------- Jun 02,2005 417.20 420.40 7.4800 873.00 ...

I am very sad to report the passing of Larry Calder. I tried to scan his obit as it appeared in todays (10/15/2003) Dallas Morning News for those who want to see it at: http://www.geocities.com/numist/larryobit.jpg He will be greatly missed.

CQ TODAY - BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES Dec. 13, 2005 - 7:34 p.m. Presidential Coin Series Rolls to Enactment, With Hopes of Big Bucks for Treasury By Liriel Higa, CQ Staff The House Tuesday cleared for President Bush's signature legislation to commemorate U.S. presidents on a series of $1 coins by...

This coin contest is for a mystery coin prize; the likes of which may be announced by the recipient in late July if he/she so chooses. The contest will involve writing a limerick and posting it to RCC while observing the following rules. 1) The subject of the limerick can be from the following...

Chrysta goes and creates this: New Kitty! http://www.chrystawilson.com/kitty.html She creates a page for her new cat(old cat still around after dropping her laptop?) It appears as though from the looks of things, at least at this point, this poor kitty is nameless.