Muestra - Spanish for "specimen"
America isn't the rest of the world. In Canada, when the government decided no more $1 bills, coins only, that's what happened. When the English...
To the extent I'm one of the "haves", it's as a result of my own efforts. Not only did I come from humble origins, but today I help support my...
The last printing of Series 2006 $20 notes occurred in July 2010. The first printing of Series 2009 notes occurred in December 2009. Therefore the...
I suppose it's a little late in the discussion to point out that money isn't worth anything in itself. It's a notational index - a way for people...
I don't think anybody's opinion matters but yours. Personally, I don't care about differences among coins that I can't myself discern. That's why...
In order to get full value for what you wish to sell, you should strive to know as much about it as those who offer to buy it.
Rembrandt was trying to portray things realistically for the most part. Monet and Picasso came along after photography was getting good at reality...
The reverse of the sandy one seems to have been crafted by a far less skillful die maker than the one who made the other coin's dies. It puts me...
I used a dollar (1963A, San Francisco FRB) as a bookmark one time as a kid. The book got packed and shipped to the next place we moved, and I...
Thanks very much.
I would like to acquire of collection of Zimbabwe notes that chronicles the debasement of the currency, but don't know who could supply them.
If I recall, the law in general doesn't prohibit mutilating coins, absent the intent to defraud, with a few exceptions. One is when the intent is...
What fine Americans.
Every time I read a newspaper story about a topic I already know about, it contains at least one flagrant error.
SMS - Special Mint Set. Issued in lieu of proof sets in 1965, 66 and 67. Silver Eagles were first issued in 1986.
Here's some additional info: Coins are common and intimate things. People spend them, covet them, fondle them, do all sorts of things with them....
I didn't even think of bullion issues. Yeah, there are lovely silver and gold coins available as well.
1960 - proof set and mint set available. 1966 - SMS available. 1991 - proof set, prestige proof set, mint set available. 2001 - proof set,...
I remember when a vending machine dispensed a pack of cigarettes for thirty-five cents, and didn't care how old you were.
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