Just last week, a friend of mine received an 1893 Indian head cent in change at a hardware store. Probably only G4 with some slight damage, but...
Take a look at token slabs if you want to find lots of errors like that and worse. Some errors can be found with absolutely no knowledge of...
I have a book on medals produced by the U.S. Mint, but unfortunately it only covers the first century (1792-1892). Sorry I could not answer your...
Hello TangoTalks, I feel honored to be your first friend here at Coin Talk. Please let me welcome you to this forum. I see from the time of your...
Thanks for the kind comment, Handsome Toad. I would love to see what you may have. A couple of years ago, someone here had a rather scarce one...
The dies for this token were cut by Thomas Wyon of Birmingham, England. The reverse just has wording in 9 lines - GENERAL/OF THE AMERICAN/ARMIES,...
Thanks for the friend invite Hobo. I was a little surprised to read that you are not a big hobo nickel collector. What is your favorite series?
Is there a location on the token? Can you post a picture?
Your description of the obverse clearly indicates die 37. This die was paired with 5 different reverse dies, of which your description indicates...
NGC's guarantee on copper, bronze, or copper-nickel coins is a still limited one. The guarantee expires on the ten year anniversary of the date of...
I would like to see pics of your token if you have any. The "Ride" tokens are not listed in my 2003 reference book by David R. Whalen,...
I have Brunk's book on counterstamps. To be listed in the book, at least two examples of a particular counterstamp need to be known. "KIMB" is not...
If you like low numbers for inexpensive prices, check out Civil War tokens. There are thought to be around 1 million total still around for all...
Thanks for checking borgovan. The large size poly envelopes are for oversized coins, but Bryan money is so big that you can set 4 Morgan dollars...
Easiest - I would cast my vote for SBA dollars. Hardest - If the possible candidates can be stretched to include tokens that circulated as...
I would like to find some 2 x 2s on steroids. One of my favorite things to collect is Bryan money, but I have not found any holders that will...
You are most welcome coinblogger. Hopefully I won't create too much additional competition for the items I'm after, lol.
Local estate auctions can be good. I've picked up so many Large, Flying Eagle and Indian head cents at bargain prices lately that I had to buy...
Definitely a fake (any California gold with a bear on it is a fake), but even some of the fakes contained gold, so I certainly wouldn't just throw...
I don't set goals as most of what I need is simply not available at any given time. I just try to pick them up as I am able.
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