The 'paper' used in currency from the 1930's and 40's is different than the paper stock used in newer notes. Notes from this era are...
I went out and bought 20 rolls of CWR cents on Friday. This was my first time searching rolls of cents in around two years. I had some good finds:...
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Quite possibly. Finding a jar of old hundreds is a pretty cool find. What are the series dates and districts of these stars? The district refers...
Considering it was found in a roll I wonder if it's a blank planchet that's simply been counterstamped? Whatever the case, it definitely looks...
Americans, at least, traveled to and from Cuba much more frequently and freely prior to 1959. I'd imagine it was common to take home coins from...
I would say most definitely, yes. That is a very good find and is certainly worth more than face value. I had some good serial number finds...
In all likelihood it is Series 1988 as $100 1988A notes weren't printed due to the development and release of the more secure Series 1990 notes....
After five years of finding nothing more than Chuck E. Cheese tokens and one or two cents here and there, I hit a small jackpot last month with a...
A lot of cashiers and people in general don't even look at their coins. I recall last year while I was in Colombia I was given a coin from Albania...
Keep in mind it was done when the coin was commonly found in circulation. I'd imagine the date wouldn't have stood out much back in the 1930's....
I haven't bought bags before so I haven't been shorted nearly that much. Some scary stories I've heard of on more than one occasion (but not...
This is an interesting story. Two things stood out to me in this article. The first is this, "Anders said he has truly enjoyed looking at his...
I'm not one of them but some purists prefer to refer to them as "Winged Liberty Head" dimes.
That is correct. These days I typically just write the blocks and districts out as, for example, "B-FGHJx2TUXY" in an attempt to be more...
First introduced with Series 1996, color shifting ink refers to the green "100" on the lower right corner. The color will change from green to...
Using "NCLT" to describe coins that are "NIFC" would be something of a paradox as coins that are "not intended for circulation" but are found in...
Don't people need to be deceased before they can be placed on currency? If so, that would rule out Giffords due to ineligibility. Most of the...
Back then it was common for reproductions to have the year of manufacture imprinted onto them. Check out the message on the attached pictures of a...
I contacted my former university Chinese roommate about this and he had some interesting information to give about it. Regarding the "story" part...
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