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A few years ago I began to take an interest in commemoratives and bought an Isabella quarter from the St. Louis World Fair.
Wow! What a first rate show! My first time here and it was a great experience. I got to meet our friends Mokie, Golfer and Longbeard. Pictures to follow. I also got the three coins I focused on getting and picked up a few others.Just wanted to thank all the folks here who made that show a big success.
WANTED: 1872 Two Cent coin. 65000 of these were minted in Philadelphia and I have been looking for this coin to finish my collection for the past three years to no avail. Weighing in at 6.22 grams with a 23 mm diameter, this coin is hard to find! It has a plain edge and is made of bronze. It may be hiding with a lot of other James B. Longacre designed coins. Reward offered up to the PCGS published price.
Since my last blog, I spent a great deal of time pondering how to go about converting the Sheldon Scale (SS) to a 100 point scale that I now call the Metric Grading Scale (MGS). This was not easy to do due to the idiosyncratic ranges of grades for categories of coin grades. Sheldon essentially has four basic grade categories; Good, Fine (and all the kinds of fine a coin can be), Almost Uncirculated and Mint State).
I have been reflecting upon discussions here over the past two years about third party Graders and how there are differences between grading companies which translates into different grades being assigned to the same coin. We have discussed how even resubmitting the same coin for reevaluation by the same tpg can result in a different grade.
I know my buddy Skyblue note is going to be shooting daggers at me for this one! Sorry, Charlie.....
Whereas, Russia has invaded the Ukraine.
I found a quarter in my change. It was a 1973 D. We don't get Denver's here very often. I'd judge it to be a middle fine. The D was filled so I figured it was a November December coin and the die was in an advanced die state. I was all excited until I found out I had a better one in the album. But it was cool to find it and maybe I can sell it to someone else
I have recently learned that a member of our community has been suspended for a month from participation with us.It seems that the community is owed an explanation for the action, if not for the sake of transparency, then for the edification of the community, lest we make the same mistake. N'est pas?Then we can go about our hobby here with some mutual trust and respect as friends.
So I'm doing my night moves on these two tokens that I recently got from my Mother. I get tons of Kennedy Halfs and other interesting coins and tokens from her because she is elderly, and everybody wants to dun her for money. But my Mom is sharp and I don't worry about her getting taken.
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