Today I went to a local art show and saw something I think a lot of people on this board would like. This guy does art based on coins and medals....
Recently I've been buying Canadian 2 dollar coins. They're pretty nice and don't cost too much, and there aren't so many in the series that you...
I have used photoshop forever to take the saved scans of coins and create new files where the front and back of the coin are in the same file. My...
Here's a package I got in the mail today, with the coin it contained on top of it. You can see the disparity in size. I can't stand waste and it...
A question for people who collect a lot of Canadian coins - do you find that they tend to sell for a lot less than the Krause values? I've...
As I said in a thread recently, I'm one coin away from completing my New Zealand pre-decimal collection. In the meantime, I've been working on...
Today my 1935 New Zealand 3 pence came in the mail from Australia. This is the lowest mintage pre-decimal coin for New Zealand that I'm aware of....
I bid on this 1956 British Honduras 10 cents coin at a high bid of $3.50 and thought I'd win it. Then I see it sells for $46! Krause value for...
I saw this listing on ebay for what is described as an 18th century Ukrainian coin. I had a vague feeling that it might be valuable so I bid, but...
Here's an interesting coin - a totally stupid denomination and one of the smallest coins I've ever seen. 1834 Great Britain 1 1/2 pence. (Shown...
Interesting article on the pending demise of money in Scandinavia. http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/02/technology/cashless-society-denmark/index.html
I stopped at a garage sale today. It was an older couple and they had a lot of collectibles, so I asked if they had any coins. They laughed and...
Can anyone explain how you distinguish a b no I from an m mintmark for 1943? The m is no mintmark at all like the P on U.S. money, and if there's...
I bid about $3 each on these two auctions for a 1877 and 1878 1/12 anna. The book value is between 50 cents for F and $6 for Unc. I don't see any...
I saw this interesting story about Indian silver rupees that were recovered from a World War II shipwreck. I'm sure they wouldn't have been in...
Can you help me with country and denomination for these three? 1762 4 pfenning from a German state I assume. 1821 1 heller from another German...
I just got back from the Chicago International Coin Fair. I live about 20 minutes away so I've gone for the last four years. I have to say for me...
With the price of silver down, I've been working to assemble a set of Australian florins. I've made good progress, but what is frustrating me is...
I saw this auction ending soon. Plenty of warning signs - mislabeled, low price, says item is in U.S. but seller has very poor command of the...
I always check the Coinstar coin return slot when I visit the grocery store, and yesterday I was especially lucky finding this group of Lebanese...
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