In terms of books that aren't the size of phone books, I recommend Warman's World Coins & Currency: http://www.krausebooks.com/product/770/4. It's...
I love collecting Canadian (1967 and older), but you can't deny that they are one of the worst offenders in terms of putting out sooo much NCLT....
Ah, the ecu...the pre-euro euro! I'm surprised no one at Knights could get an ID on this one; those cats are world coin nuts over there!
Nice story, glad it had a good ending!
What a joke. Look how nicked the rims are! Looks like it was definitely sandblasted.
Yup, that's how it usually is. I might try to schedule that day off work if you can in advance, that way you can get there early and actually...
I'll go ahead and play Devil's Advocate here, and state definitively that this is ABSOLUTELY NOT an annual show, but rather a leapling show....
Old doesn't always equal rare or valuable. The Romans minted a lot of coins, and by a lot, I mean A LOT...especially these little copper buggers....
Happy Birthday!
A few weeks I purchased to Canadian silver dollars for my Canadian type set. Price? $10 a piece, already below melt at the time....
That seller is one giant pile of fail.
All I have to say is... NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!!! [IMG]
Great find! I don't have one of these either; plan on getting a Civil War token and a Hard Times token for the ol' 19th century type set, though.
Well, if you don't think you will ever get into coin collecting as a hobby, you might as well sell it, as long as it has no sentimental value to...
I second that LOL! :hammer: Doesn't hurt to play it safe, though.
Basically, I avoid any dealer like the plague who isn't friendly or who refuses to ask me if I need anything or would like to look at anything...
I was planning on going, but it looks like it ain't happening now. Hope you guys have fun out there. :hammer:
The Photobucket offices are one floor above mine (seriously). I'll have a word with them tomorrow. :hammer:
Generally speaking, a coin described as BU (the grade for a BU coin should be around MS-63 to MS-65) is more desirable than one described as...
I'm just about to start an inventory of my collection. I'll be using Open Office (free, open source word processing suite) which has an...
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