About three years ago, I attended a coin show for the first time and looked through the pile of free coins you can pick at the door. There were...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not too long ago I grabbed this old Whitman folder from my LCS, which gives out these old folders for free. This album, made...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Bought a Morgan for the first time ever at a local show today. $40. Can you guess the VAM? This one shouldn’t be too hard. :D
I was just at the LCS and asked if I could purchase a dateless buffalo nickel or two to experiment on. The owner took out a roll of buffalo...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1942-1-S-Mercury-Dime-Fair-condition/263783199498?epid=170406286&hash=item3d6ab4330a:g:HvQAAOSwjiFbNATv Just look at...
I was at my local shop today and found some great coins. I found a 1937-S quarter for melt and two 1920-S Buffalo Nickels with the two feather...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I was looking through junk Roosevelts at a coin shop ($1.30 each) when this one caught my eye. Not only is it a 46-S, but the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] You might recognize this 1868 IHC from earlier: It’s the one with the rare die gouge I bought for $28. I’ve been thinking of...
Earlier this year I bought a “dateless” large cent for $28 which turned out to be a scarce 1797 S-121b. As it turns out, that’s no longer my best...
I bought this 1891-O seated dime a few years ago for about $4.50, which at the time was about 2x melt. For the longest time I have set it aside...
A few years ago, I attended my first PNNA show in Portland and picked up this Seated Dime for $3. [ATTACH] Now I took another look at it and...
A few weeks ago I went to the PNNA show in Tukwila (just south of Seattle). I got the opportunity to photograph one of the most interesting...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is a Seated Half listed on Ebay as an 1872. I looked at the reverse and noticed this under the eagle. If this is a...
On April 5, 1933, FDR signed Executive Order 6102 which required Americans to turn in most of their gold bullion, with the exception of...
As you might know, I live in Oregon, more specifically in the Portland metro area. Recently I got permission to hunt a field in Oregon City dating...
Hello Cointalk! At this show, I didn’t end up buying much, but I’m happy with what I did buy. Here are the newps: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Three...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I was at PNNA Tukwila today and bought this for $5 out of a junk box. It looked medieval and hammered, so I decided to buy it...
I came home from school today knowing that I had some time to kill. I thought “Maybe I should VAM those two Morgans I have”. I looked at my 1888-S...
I’ve had this belief for a while now: The difference between a 66 and a 67, or a 67 and a 68 is often just one slight imperfection. That...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is yet another 20 cent find from yesterday. I bought it because “oh cool, large Chinese coin”. When I got home, I tried to...
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