I’ve had a growing interest in aluminum coins lately and REALLY overpaid for one this week. Paid $3 for a Japanese 1 sen 1942 but with the proof...
I hate to be the guy posting the ‘what is this?’ Thread but I have no idea what this is so here we are..... Best I can offer is it’s aluminum, in...
Numista says this coin has a 7,982 mintage, was a ‘set only’ issue and was minted by the Franklin mint. I’m a little lost. help? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Paid $0.14 a coin for a small lot this weekend. Lots of really nice coins in there. Particularly there were quite a few nice early 20th century...
Bought some nice world coins this weekend and found one I think is a strike through. It’s an Italian 1938 10 Centesimi. I’ve included some regular...
Here’s a 1943-D nickel I picked up for free (throw in) basically. It has a couple of sizeable hits but overall is in good shape and the steps are...
Found quite a few winners in the world junk bin the other day. My goal is pull out anything old, nice or interesting. I don’t know a ton about...
Has anyone bought coins from the ma-shops.com before? They look reputable and am wondering if anyone here has experience before I wade into the...
Digging through bins of world coins I always associate aluminum coins, and generally zinc coins as well, as junk. Are there any valuable or...
[ATTACH] Not sure how cool or collectible others find this but I’m pretty happy with it. Pulled it from circulation today. Seems like it’s also in...
I don’t collect Morgan’s so every time I buy one it’s a bit a crap-shoot. Picked up an 1879-S rev 3 yesterday. The obverse is a little baggy but...
I’ve scored some nice coins from world junk bins over last few months but yesterday may take the cake. Attached are a handful of photos. Paid...
Picked this up yesterday. The coin looks much nicer in hand than in the pictures. Really nice condition, nice toning. For $3.30 it was a no...
I picked a few interesting coins yesterday. One is a Chinese 10 fen from 1890-1908. Its 82% silver and the price was right at under $2 so I...
$2 is a little higher premium than ideal but I couldn’t pass these up. $2 each. thanks for looking [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I don’t collect currency but occasionally I find cool stuff I can’t resist. Today was such a day. I’d like to describe what I see in the note...
Usually I default to Numista or NGC world coins but I’m finding a few gaps I don’t know how to close. Take for example Guatemala 5 centavos. 1938...
Picked this up a couple of days ago. I love AU Indian’s and am a fan of errors so this one had to come home with me. It’s a double clipped 1906...
Picked these three consecutive notes today for $5 each. Not sure what they’re worth to the world but I liked ‘em at that price. Quick question,...
I purchased a lot of ‘silver’ coins on eBay earlier this week. Several of the coins obviously weren’t silver so I discounted them to zero value...
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