Fantasy Alert! The U.S. Mint announces beginning in 2021 that all Lincoln cents will no longer be minted for circulation, but still minted for...
Keep in mind what you want to do with your coins. Absolutely do not collect them for investment purposes. Do collect them based on what you like...
If you go to the U.S. Mint website, you can see any and all coins for sale, and those that will go on sale, both 2019 (what has not sold out) and...
Remember, buy the coin, not the slab (ad nauseum). Plenty of better looking coins at reasonable prices. Pass on this one!
Fortunately learned a long time ago not to consider coins as an investment, rather as an "investment" in history. This will be passed on to my...
Small post office in my adopted hometown, and they deliver only to boxes in each development, no house-to-house delivery. So far so good, have...
First, the U.S. government should never have started the presidential dollar series without some sort of "plan" for future coins when a living...
The colorization of an authentic coin basically negates any real numismatic value for said defaced coin. It does, however, appeal to basic...
I don't collect "ancients", but I do collect several world coins, most notably Great Britain and Wales, as well as German States/Germany. These...
Red Book is useful for identifying varieties of each U.S. coin, not just for a price guide. I bought it for the varieties and have many of them...
So the USPS has their bad moments. But consider that they handle millions of packages and letters each day across the U.S. and beyond. Now let's...
I collect coins for the sheer pleasure of holding a piece of history in my hands. Mostly U.S. coins, but also German and Welsh in honor of our...
So who was hungry - a metal eating squirrel at the Mint? Before you say squirrels cannot chew metal, my father-in-law constructed a metal cone to...
Wow! I have nothing close to these examples. Interesting though to see what happens to coins and how it could have happened. Heartbreaking is...
Happy Thanksgiving to all. I'd like to thank all of you on CT for giving me the pleasure of your expertise, humor, and sarcasm all rolled into...
If there is an attic in the house, and you can get up there to look around, you may also find some treasures. Especially any old pictures in...
There were several deals, just took the best one, and seller has been dealing with e-Bay for quite a few years. Free shipping, too.
Just purchased a Lighthouse Libra coin scale on e-Bay for $21 & change. Have a cheaper one that only registers to the tenth, so looking forward...
I think that our nickel collector embodies the quintessential individual who is collecting for the love of the sport (hunting and searching)....
IMHO the U.S. Mint would be crazy to stop minting Lincoln cents for collectors when and if they stop minting zincolns for circulation. IMHO...
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