I'm curious what causes this blue-green stuff, and what is it? To be clear, this is not verdigris. It does not damage the coin and you can easily...
I picked up this coin yesterday and I'm trying to figure out if it's authentic. It looks like it would be worth north of $100 if it is. I don't...
I got these at a coin store today but I'm not calling them coins. They were intriguing though and I'm wondering what they are. Any ideas?[ATTACH]...
Last week I went down a rabbit hole of exploring the websites of some foreign mints and I made a few impulsive purchases. Here's two from the...
I was looking at the last time I posted about my coins with bears collection and it was looking pretty dated, so I thought I'd do an update. I...
I've had this coin for years and I had suspected that it was fake but I finally got around to confirming it. I bought this in the early days of...
I'm continuing to re-evaluate my collections and purge some of the coins that don't make sense under my current collecting goals. With that in...
Following the Spanish-American War in 1898 the United States acquired the Philippines from Spain. Coinage was produced under the U.S....
For the last month or more I've been going through the coins I bought at the Central States show and my LCS and listing some for sale and deciding...
Edit: Coin is sold. I'm asking $160 shipped. Coin has .0603 oz of gold and I'm asking near the spot price. Payment via Paypal friends and...
I thought this was a 1771 British half penny but then I noticed what looks like "Isles" on one side, and that was weird so I Googled 1771 British...
Long story short, this was among things that my wife got from her grandmother. It appears to be a medal commemorating the marriage of Napoleon to...
Today I went to the Central States show, which conveniently is located practically in my backyard. Like most shows, it leans heavily toward U.S....
I'm not an ancient coin guy but I bought this one today from my LCS. I figured out the emperor is Vespasian but I can't find a match doing a...
I was planning a visit to my LCS and I decided to sell two gold coins: a French 20 francs and Swiss 20 francs. I like them but they are easy to...
Does anyone have any insight on why international buyers can't request an invoice from me for combined shipping? I've been selling coins on eBay...
For years what I did was try to collect a coin of every date and denomination from every country in the world. Obviously this is impossible, but...
One thing that I'm interested in is coins from countries that only issued a few different coins. Either they issued one coin and then not another...
There's been a lot of sharing of expensive, rare gold coins on the forum lately, but I'm here to show you what I picked up slumming in the value...
I picked this up out of a value bin at the coin shop. I'm assuming it's some kind of Japanese military medal. I thought World War II at first but...
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