Diversifying always helps, even with Copper (as already stated, depending on one's storage capacity). One never knows what will happen, though...
My only "Cabalito." [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I also have a holed Maximilian Peso, but currently no picture. It was still a little pricey even with the...
As long as it wasn't someone practicing their forgery skills, it's probably a very good thing.
Japan (半銭) 1/2 Sen (明治十八年) Meiji18 = 1885 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This page has translations for the Chinese 5 Fen: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22851.html Based on this, the one furthest to the right...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (K.S.A.) recognizes six different issues of its national banknotes starting in 1961. First circulated in 2016, the...
Oh oh, are the police going to get calls from anxious store managers about people trying to pass off large coins with JFK on them? Hopefully this...
I am not particularly crazy about either the obverse or the reverse of the first "American Innovators" dollar, here shown with the obverse on the...
This thread has a discussion on this topic: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/shortage-of-coins-due-to-corona-virus.363441/#post-4636342
Speaking of Dad's Root Beer, back when the anonymity of analog telephones allowed for "crank" phone calls, one of our favorite pastimes was...
Yes, that's sad for "Grampa Jones." He tried, but just because you leave something to your descendants doesn't mean that your descendants will...
Any coin with a kiwi on it is a friend of mine.
I did keep all of the silver certificates regardless of condition. There weren't many, maybe 5, including the only 1935. The rest were 1957s...
My only Probus - the reverse may need some green monster help. [ATTACH]
So I'm still torn. I think I mentioned this old pile of around 100 USA $1 and $2 notes a while back that came down to me from a relative that...
There have been a few other threads on this topic here, which sounds strange at first, but this link offers a possible explanation: "'During this...
Gesundheit
This google book page references "tomin" in the following sentence: "The old Spanish coin was the peso, which was divisible into 8 reals, know in...
I've had this happen to me, too. Usually with posts dealing with Japanese coins or notes. People leave what looks like a desperate message such as...
These are like funky abstract art - very cool!
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