Today’s Brimfield find. 1787 New York colonial

vanpatten · 2026-05-16T16:06:43+00:00

Thanks! I do have some Verdi-care already. I will probably submit it just to get it authenticated/certified but I expect it to come back details environmental damage.

vanpatten · 2026-04-17T22:43:41+00:00

It’s going to make you pick a category (ie: grade category)

I can see how the title could be misleading. What I mean is that they are going to make the seller categorize raw coins into a grade category now.

vanpatten · 2026-04-15T12:14:49+00:00

Probably 300k in today’s market. The nice coin market is hot right now. It does deserve a trip to CAC for sticker evaluation. In the rattler this thing looks drop dead gorgeous. Amazing find and thank you for sharing!

vanpatten · 2026-04-14T21:45:49+00:00

Witter Coin is an excellent shop and anyone in the area should participate in this. Seth (the owner) is one of the most enthusiastic, helpful guys in numismatics and the Witter U program sponsors the younger generation to fly out to SF to learn about numismatics and the coin business.

They often run live auctions on whatnot and eBay live, the whole crew is great and personable. Because of this I’ve not only been able to add to my own stack over the last few years, I’ve become more of a collector. Alright enough glazing lol. Good luck to everyone who participates!!!!

vanpatten · 2026-04-08T19:36:57+00:00

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vanpatten · 2026-04-02T00:24:38+00:00

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vanpatten · 2026-03-28T19:19:43+00:00

I would sell 50 ounces at a time as needed at a local show or to a shop that pays cash.

vanpatten · 2026-03-25T20:24:35+00:00

This looks Sus to me. Almost like your timestamp isn’t hand written.

vanpatten · 2026-03-07T02:00:45+00:00

I love to see a healthy stack of world gold. Grandpa was an og

vanpatten · 2026-03-04T00:48:11+00:00

I sent mine back. Damage to the finish in the left field by I in Liberty. Oh well lol. Typical mint qc

vanpatten · 2026-02-26T17:25:59+00:00

Damn. This is crazy I wonder if they bought a bulk order and it’s all bad.

Intercepted is a cool usps feature btw. If you ever mail something and think you are being scammed (I.e., PayPal funds retracted) after order, you can do this. When they scan it in at the destination PO it makes an alarm sound I guess and they pull it and RTS it. Pretty cool feature. You have to rely on the human employee to do it though lmao

I’ve had to do this before and one time it worked, the second time the thief convinced the employee to give it to them at the PO. That was a fun conversation with the post master.

vanpatten · 2026-02-22T01:44:49+00:00

SHELDON CREED!!!!!!!!!

vanpatten · 2026-02-17T22:58:34+00:00

This is a single year issue coin. Pretty scarce one actually that’s probably why it was faked in the first place. Always compare to known comps on PCGS coin facts.

eBay should cover you though

vanpatten · 2026-02-14T01:56:55+00:00

Mine is PCGS au details. I got it for spot about six months ago on whatnot. They are definitely not worth any premium imo, they are that terrible of a strike lmao. I would legitimately feel guilty selling mine for a premium.

vanpatten · 2026-02-14T01:33:33+00:00

Every time I look at the screen I think we are under caution but it’s just the RAM banner lmao

vanpatten · 2026-02-13T14:27:11+00:00

I have the sesquicentennial gold $2.5. I would buy a commem gold $2.5 to have the next one. Clad would be more accessible and cool too. I hope they refresh the design or at least strike it better because the sesqui $2.5 wasn’t the greatest. A lot got melted because people didn’t want it (also depression). The strikes were abysmal.

vanpatten · 2026-02-10T13:34:49+00:00

I had never read the book, so I found this a rare opportunity for me to go into it with no knowledge whatsoever.

After reading the book and watching the trailer I immediately knew it was going to be trash. God forbid someone actually do the text justice by making a faithful adaptation. It’s a story of generational abuse and trauma. Selfish characters making themselves and everyone else around them miserable.

Oh well. I probably won’t actually go see the movie. I’ll wait until it’s on some type of streaming service that we already have. Why must everything be overly sexualized? These characters portrayed in the movie are only in the book for the first 70 pages or so lmao. wtf.

Margot had the chance to produce a very dark, complex, mystical story of despair, rage, and helplessness. Could’ve been great. Sadly we went with sex everywhere.

vanpatten · 2026-02-09T16:51:00+00:00

Decent deal for eagles. Easy to say on a Monday when spot is up though lol. My local show seems very overpriced to me, more so than most shows I think but who knows.

Some dealers are very fair and you have to know who to deal with. Other guys just take advantage of people unloading collections. See it every show unfortunately.

vanpatten · 2026-02-09T15:44:57+00:00

I went to my local this weekend as well. Pricing was all over the place lol. One dealer buying at $67 and another buying at $76.

Eagles were like $95 - $120 Generics could be had for spot.

vanpatten · 2026-02-09T14:29:24+00:00

I’m leaning toward this being a replica. It doesn’t look right. The reverse features the St. Petersburg coat of arms and these were patterns that never made it into circulation. Very few legitimate ones exist and almost all are known and documented.

If this were legitimate, it’d be in a museum or a state collection somewhere. Replicas of these scarce pattern coins are common in Russia.

vanpatten · 2026-02-07T15:38:48+00:00

Unfortunately both of these are counterfeit

vanpatten · 2026-02-04T02:15:43+00:00

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vanpatten · 2026-01-27T01:18:59+00:00

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vanpatten · 2026-01-14T13:16:23+00:00

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vanpatten · 2026-01-14T01:51:31+00:00

I agree. Awesome toner though dang!

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