Picked up a lovely little bust quarter today, this nice 1832. Mintage 230,000 only two known die varieties for this date. This one is a B-1...
Came across a neat 2 Reales coin today minted in Mexico. Since this kind of coin circulated as currency in the early U.S. I figure it is at least...
Here is an 1846 Large cent I picked up today. As you can see there is a lot of pitting in parts of the field and some of the devices. Here is my...
I have oft told the story of how my grandfather sent me a 25 pound box of coins when I was 12. Among that box were 4 large cents all culled or...
I was at my local shop tonight playing a couple of hands of poker (for fun, not money) whilst waiting for my daughter to get back from a church...
Here is a nice little bust half I treated myself to while I was TDY earlier this month in Florida. It is a descent looking piece a O-101 in my...
About 6 months ago I purchased a lot of coins for several hundred dollars (a comlete set of unc franklins). While I pondered how to go about...
Can anyone recommend some good coin shops in Panama City, Fl? I will be down that way in the coming weeks for some school and wanted a chance to...
I've been working on my Dansco Type album as of late and wanted to get a few good dimes for it. The only problem is that my Dansco doesn't have...
I stopped at the local grocery store yesterday to pick up some steaks and a bottle of wine. At the self checkout I sent my son over to reach into...
Just to show you they are still out there, I picked these up today...for a song, literally pocket change and at a shop no less. What do you think...
I was at my local today browsing the table of Whitman's in the back, when what do I come across but two complete whitman albums from 1941 to 1969...
I've been working on my type set as of late, adding, trading, and updating pieces as I come across nice specimens. I have always had a hard time...
How often do you come across GSA morgans? They seem to be less and less frequent here where I am unless you know the proper people. I was...
My dealer had a pile of ancients he received in a recent purchace. He bade me to look through the pile, and I told him I had no real knowledge of...
I picked up this nicer grade shield nickel today on my day off. I'd been eyeballing it for a few weeks, and when it hadn't left the store I...
YES!!! Stella coin news has posted the complete guide to barber dimes, written by the late David Lawrence on it's site in the reference books...
I have recently run across an enormous amount of high grade, good looking, non reproced steel cents, like this one: [IMG] [IMG] So many in fact...
I know that the most expensive and sought after die pair in the 1922 no D is the die pair 2 and that a no D die pair 3 is still worth a...
So, the wife was out, the kids were occupied and I had nothing else to do on a dreary looking Saturday morning, so I thought I'd go out and do...
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