3 medals I think you will like

I don't know much about these, mintages, year of release, etc., but I
understand there is 5 or 6 in the series, each medal honoring a US coin
designer. Check out the three I have won on eBay in the last month or so;

http://showcase.netins.net/web/bills...ns/3medals.JPG


OT - I am having trouble with my internet connection and I don't know when
or if I can get online at any given time. My problem began with a lightning
strike behind the DQ this last Monday night. I wasn't here, but the report
was that the strike shook the building and tokk the power out for about 3
seconds. They called me at home to tell me I had some problems. I came down
to the store and found one of three registers working very erratically, one
of three phone lines out, the drive thru speaker fried, one walk-in freezer
not working, and no ability to connect to the internet with the office
computer.

The freezer was easy, just had to reset the switches at the compressor. The
phone company took care of the phone line and told me my computer line was
fine to the building and that I probably had lost my modem. The register
was fixed the next morning by a $150 per hour repairman. The drive thru
speaker is still out and I am working on that, and I decided , after
checking the phone line, the telephone cable from the jack to the surge
protector, and the telephone cable from the surge protector to the computer,
I decided that my modem was fried. Paid $80 bucks for a new modem and
installed it to find out I still could not connect. It turns out the surge
protector was fried in the telephone element. I was not suspicious of the
surge protector since everything else was running off of it fine, but it
turns out I lost two surge protectors in my store that night ( the second
runs the credit card machine and again, it was just the telephone part of
the protector that was shot).

Anyway, I bypassed the surge protector and now have a problem I haven't yet
figured out. I can get online but I cannot browse or open email or
newsgroups, roughly about 5 out of every 6 times I try. I will get a page
saying thae page cannot be opened. One out of six times, everything works
fine. I am convinced the problem is related to the new modem (US Robotics)
but cannot figure out how to fix it or why it occasionally works. Anyway,
once I disconnect, I never know when I will be back online. Bill

Bill Krummel wrote:
I don't know much about these, mintages, year
of release, etc., but I understand there is 5 or 6
in the series, each medal honoring a US coin
designer. Check out the three I have won on
eBay in the last month or so;

http://showcase.netins.net/web/bills...ns/3medals.JPG

They look great. How big are they, what´s their diameter?
How much will one have to pay for such medals?
Do you know anything about the other ones?

Regards
Wolfgang

Bill, is it possible your modem line is intermittently noisy? I do a quick
test on mine by connecting an analog phone, then dialing "1" to break dial
tone, and (hopefully) hearing relative silence.

But then again, maybe a relative of the Hornet Light has come to live there
on that line.

"Bill Krummel" wrote in message
...
I don't know much about these, mintages, year of release, etc., but I
understand there is 5 or 6 in the series, each medal honoring a US coin
designer. Check out the three I have won on eBay in the last month or so;

http://showcase.netins.net/web/bills...ns/3medals.JPG


OT - I am having trouble with my internet connection and I don't know when
or if I can get online at any given time. My problem began with a
lightning
strike behind the DQ this last Monday night. I wasn't here, but the
report
was that the strike shook the building and tokk the power out for about 3
seconds. They called me at home to tell me I had some problems. I came
down
to the store and found one of three registers working very erratically,
one
of three phone lines out, the drive thru speaker fried, one walk-in
freezer
not working, and no ability to connect to the internet with the office
computer.

The freezer was easy, just had to reset the switches at the compressor.
The
phone company took care of the phone line and told me my computer line was
fine to the building and that I probably had lost my modem. The register
was fixed the next morning by a $150 per hour repairman. The drive thru
speaker is still out and I am working on that, and I decided , after
checking the phone line, the telephone cable from the jack to the surge
protector, and the telephone cable from the surge protector to the
computer,
I decided that my modem was fried. Paid $80 bucks for a new modem and
installed it to find out I still could not connect. It turns out the
surge
protector was fried in the telephone element. I was not suspicious of the
surge protector since everything else was running off of it fine, but it
turns out I lost two surge protectors in my store that night ( the second
runs the credit card machine and again, it was just the telephone part of
the protector that was shot).

Anyway, I bypassed the surge protector and now have a problem I haven't
yet
figured out. I can get online but I cannot browse or open email or
newsgroups, roughly about 5 out of every 6 times I try. I will get a page
saying thae page cannot be opened. One out of six times, everything works
fine. I am convinced the problem is related to the new modem (US
Robotics)
but cannot figure out how to fix it or why it occasionally works. Anyway,
once I disconnect, I never know when I will be back online. Bill

From: "Bill Krummel"

I don't know much about these, mintages, year of release, etc., but I
understand there is 5 or 6 in the series, each medal honoring a US coin
designer. Check out the three I have won on eBay in the last month or so;

http://showcase.netins.net/web/bills...ns/3medals.JPG


Way cool Bill. I've been watching the VDB medal sales on ebay for about 2
years now. Still can't quite bring myself to pull the trigger over $24.00 for
it. I have a mardi gras token with the obverse of the first design. It looks
good in aluminum, it must be very impressive in bronze. Very nice buys.

--
mark

"Wolfgang Haeupler" wrote in message
...
Bill Krummel wrote:
I don't know much about these, mintages, year
of release, etc., but I understand there is 5 or 6
in the series, each medal honoring a US coin
designer. Check out the three I have won on
eBay in the last month or so;

http://showcase.netins.net/web/bills...ns/3medals.JPG

They look great. How big are they, what´s their diameter?

75 mm.

How much will one have to pay for such medals?

I paid US$15.99 for one and US$19.99 each for the other two (plus $3-$5 for
S&I, each). I think in all three auctions those were the minimums and I was
the only bidder.

Do you know anything about the other ones?

The papers that came with them gives some information on the coin designer
and the medal designer and the date ( my three are 1961 (#1), 1962 (#2), and
1964 (#6). I do not know who are honored on the other three medals (still
assuming there are six in all - I think that is what the seller said in one
of my first purchases). That is all I know. Bill

Regards
Wolfgang

"rhodo chrosite" wrote in message
s.com...
Bill, is it possible your modem line is intermittently noisy? I do a
quick
test on mine by connecting an analog phone, then dialing "1" to break dial
tone, and (hopefully) hearing relative silence.

But then again, maybe a relative of the Hornet Light has come to live
there
on that line.

That must be it. The Spook Light must be very active this week. I am only
about 6 miles away, so I am surely under it's influence. Bill (it took me
a number of attempts over 1 1/2 hours to get a working connection tonight.)





"Bill Krummel" wrote in message
...
I don't know much about these, mintages, year of release, etc., but I
understand there is 5 or 6 in the series, each medal honoring a US coin
designer. Check out the three I have won on eBay in the last month or
so;

http://showcase.netins.net/web/bills...ns/3medals.JPG


OT - I am having trouble with my internet connection and I don't know
when
or if I can get online at any given time. My problem began with a
lightning
strike behind the DQ this last Monday night. I wasn't here, but the
report
was that the strike shook the building and tokk the power out for about
3
seconds. They called me at home to tell me I had some problems. I came
down
to the store and found one of three registers working very erratically,
one
of three phone lines out, the drive thru speaker fried, one walk-in
freezer
not working, and no ability to connect to the internet with the office
computer.

The freezer was easy, just had to reset the switches at the compressor.
The
phone company took care of the phone line and told me my computer line
was
fine to the building and that I probably had lost my modem. The
register
was fixed the next morning by a $150 per hour repairman. The drive thru
speaker is still out and I am working on that, and I decided , after
checking the phone line, the telephone cable from the jack to the surge
protector, and the telephone cable from the surge protector to the
computer,
I decided that my modem was fried. Paid $80 bucks for a new modem and
installed it to find out I still could not connect. It turns out the
surge
protector was fried in the telephone element. I was not suspicious of
the
surge protector since everything else was running off of it fine, but it
turns out I lost two surge protectors in my store that night ( the
second
runs the credit card machine and again, it was just the telephone part
of
the protector that was shot).

Anyway, I bypassed the surge protector and now have a problem I haven't
yet
figured out. I can get online but I cannot browse or open email or
newsgroups, roughly about 5 out of every 6 times I try. I will get a
page
saying thae page cannot be opened. One out of six times, everything
works
fine. I am convinced the problem is related to the new modem (US
Robotics)
but cannot figure out how to fix it or why it occasionally works.
Anyway,
once I disconnect, I never know when I will be back online. Bill

"mark" wrote in message
...
From: "Bill Krummel"

I don't know much about these, mintages, year of release, etc., but I
understand there is 5 or 6 in the series, each medal honoring a US coin
designer. Check out the three I have won on eBay in the last month or
so;

http://showcase.netins.net/web/bills...ns/3medals.JPG


Way cool Bill. I've been watching the VDB medal sales on ebay for about 2
years now. Still can't quite bring myself to pull the trigger over $24.00
for
it. I have a mardi gras token with the obverse of the first design. It
looks
good in aluminum, it must be very impressive in bronze. Very nice buys.

--
mark

Mark, I checked my printed auction pages and in all three auctions, I have
been the lone bidder. The most I have paid has been $19.99 plus $3.50
shipping, paying that twice and $15.99 plus the same shipping for the last
one, the Longacre/Morgan. All three purchases have been from the same
seller, who has offered to sell me the set of 6 after the first win, which I
declined. Bill

"Bill Krummel" wrote in message
...
I don't know much about these, mintages, year of release, etc., but I
understand there is 5 or 6 in the series, each medal honoring a US coin
designer. Check out the three I have won on eBay in the last month or so;

http://showcase.netins.net/web/bills...ns/3medals.JPG

They are beautiful Bill. If only our nations coinage could look half that
fine!


--
Michael R
ANA #173222
Ebay and Yahoo ID ~ mrae7