A while back [20 years ago?] the Raleigh Coin Club had a bit of a surplus, so we decided to donate $1000 to the National Numismatic Collection at...
Greenville/Spartanburg, SC to Orange Co, CA: going, one stop, Chicago - made sense. Return: one stop, Newark.
Can anyone beat this: A few years ago I bought a souvenir card on eBay - just $5, no big deal, but it didn't show up after a month [I have had...
I subscribe to the Numismatic Crime Information Center emails. A few months ago they reported the theft of a nice XF 1795 dollar. That was a...
I am not too keen on ancients or medieval coins with rotated dies, but on modern coins they are sort of interesting. But on modern coins they can...
Although I switched from coins to currency many years ago, I hung on to my 1887 crown - just a gorgeous coin. Tried a mirror-surface test I heard...
Serial numbers can help tell if the "Specimen" overprint is a fake. Older notes are all zeros, later one "ladder" serials like on these notes....
If that was a current US $100 note, yes, you should feel bad, because such a specimen of American currency would be worth several hundred dollars,...
Only suckers pay listing fees now - there are so many ways to get free listings. The result is what I call "inventory dumps" - a seller lists two...
Many years ago [1970's] I would occasionally visit a coin store in Inglewood, CA. He had a fabulous contemporary counterfeit collection. One day I...
Just got a promotional coupon from eBay. Looks like it is not good on "Coins and Currency", but can be used on stamps and collectibles. My last...
Of all the coins I actually own, the owl is my favorite. But I would love to be able to afford a decadrachm of Syracuse.
Morgan 26.73 grams; Trade 27.22[it's in the RedBook, no special library to find the weights.] The story I've heard is that we put in a little...
My guess is that each set has one big silver item; either an ASE, Commemorative Silver Dollar, or a silver medal. The Reagan set has an ASE, so...
I can see that there was a dot there at one time; now it is gone, for whatever reason. Stylistically, I would say it looks much more like the...
I have a rather nice classic period owl [in safe deposit box so unfortunately no picture]. It has some porosity which leads me to think it has...
I guess we all need to start listing our coins and currency under "collectibles...other banking and insurance memorabilia."
Back in the 1970's, when the BEP first started selling uncut sheets to the general public, an acquaintance of mine like to cut a strip of bills...
Sometimes the USPS does wonderous things. I once bought a rare banknote. The seller had my correct address. The package was addressed to the...
Luxembourg seems to be sort of on the borderline - five times bigger than Andorra, the next smallest European country, but only one fifth the size...
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