DEFINITLY ground smooth. Why, I cannot tell you, but you can clearly see that it was sanded down. All in one direction, no less! I would not be...
My local bank, the primary bank I use, does not stock them. They just don't have the demand to stock them and use up that space in their vault, so...
Please read my second blog entry. It's somewhat on the long side but in affect it covers this topic. Future entries will cover the making money...
I've only ever recieved one presidential dollar in change. It was a George Washington that I got in 2007. I don't remember where, I was not yet a...
In my short time in the world of online coin collecting (June 1st, 2008-August 26th, 2009, as I type this) I have seen many different people say...
I have not had good luck with blogs in the past. I've tried to create one on two different messages boards, (neither numismatic) and one board got...
My plan is to actually buy some! I have been unable to really pursue my currency collecting interests yet, but that will change in 2010....
This is a topic I've considered in my head from time to time. The basis of what I have come up with is: It's not that World coins are cheap,...
My silver set arrived today. It was my first ever proof set and everything was absolutely perfect! I could not be happier!! I am going to...
Very cool...Something from Machin's Mills is high on my wanted list, as it was basically right across the Hudson River for me!
Very nice! I got to see one of them in person at a coin shop I visited last year, but it was not in as nice a condition. I would guess that it is...
Nice note, Vess. An example of the same note was also my first obsolete, that I got in March, although it does not have a hole in it, other then a...
I've not seen the Spanish 10 centimo coin before, I have a 1 centimo from 1870- worn much more heavily then yours above, and the design is almost...
Destroying these coins would be counter-productive. Yes, you hate the Nazi regime, as all intelligent people do. Understandable. But to destroy...
Mexico has bi-metallic coins as well. I have an example of the new peso. My first bi-metallic coin was Russian, I got it in 1993 or 94 but it is...
The best thing about this kind of collection is the fact that the possibilities are literally endless. I have been collecting coins for about a...
LOL. A good a time as any to do it :) I do. I spend a good amount of time in Lake George NY which has long been a popular destination for...
I wasn't, but I sure wish I was! I don't think they did that promotion here....I am sure that my mom would have gotten one for me if they did.
I like the Ike dollar. I have targeted the series as the first I can finish a year/mint set. (not counting proofs, I am only talking about...
It wasn't one coin for me. I have long had an interest in coins, as long as I can recall. But I didn't start collecting until last spring when I...
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