Disposal company for the US Mint accidentally took pallet of Dolly Madison $10 coins and incinerated them. Coins were supposed to have been...
Folks worry because they perceive that most coin collectors are middle age or older (like me). I don't know of reliable statistics on this, but...
It's been down 2 days with no revival in sight. Finally admit they've been hacked, but say no client info has been compromised. All affected...
On a recent trip to Scotland, my family and I were able to visit the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. It's a great museum with something...
Sorry if you were expecting a toner. It's the last 3 boxes I've received from PCGS. Cal [ATTACH]
Expecting blood and gore? Nope, it's a feeder finger, the planchet pusher that puts planchets between the dies. For whatever reason, it didn't...
Inflation comes even to Cointalk, so I'm upping the ante for low cost coins. Not a put-down of under $50 coins; I've got plenty of those. :)...
If you have certain disabilities, there are some crimes you just shouldn't try to commit. :inpain: See link. Story thanks to Wayne Homren,...
According to the Jul 8 edition of Coin World, Numismatic News and 5 other F+W publications, including Bank Note Reporter, were sold to Cruz Bay...
Read an interesting article by Conly Rieder in Dec 2018 Numistmatist. He had a package of coins lost in the mail by USPS. They were insured...
Spotted this J-236 pattern half in a Heritage auction. It's a1859 Paquet design with Liberty seated with her hand on fasces on obverse and spread...
Noticed a Judd 236 half dollar just sold (12 Mar 19) by Great Collections. Coin is straight-graded PR61 Plated by NGC. See first pic below....
See link. Cal link: http://www.fox5ny.com/news/west-point-mint-gold-inside-look
Man allegedly murdered wife when she took $3 million in gold coins from safe. Circumstantial case based on DNA from carpet stains and bone...
I didn't realize that PCGS had a database of auction prices for world coins until recently. If you click on Auction Prices Realized at the bottom...
Just received the latest (6th) edition of English Silver Coinage and am puzzled by some of the rarity designations. There are R and C usually...
Stack's-Bowers just announced David Hall will be appearing at their table as "Ask the Expert" at the upcoming Long Beach show. David was one of...
I wanted to buy three coins from same seller on eBay, so added them to my cart. Went to cart to pay, and there was message in red that order...
I just received an email from Stack's Bowers that "Meet the Expert" with David Hall will be held at their booth at major coins shows during 2019....
Dissolve (aka Freon-113, aka CFC-113, aka 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane) was for many years a popular coin cleaner; it was primarily a...
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