How many dealers really expect the rush when you try to buy stuff from them? How many expect haggling or negotiating over price? How receptive are...
Realistically, many US coins are cheap in proof state (I'm thinking Roosevelt dimes and Jefferson nickels and Lincoln cents). So how do you, you!,...
I think one reason coins look lousier is because they use computer graphics or computer assisted graphics rather than hand-drawn. This smooths...
Yeah, I have to say I'm getting biased toward silver coins. I wonder if silver makes the best material for coins, technology wise. I say that...
I have to say, the silver thalers are pretty nifty and so are, for the historical reasons, the Papal states stuff. I like ancient Greek silver,...
I'll see what I can do about a picture. It's "toned" to the extreme.
oops, maybe this needs to get filed under US coins.
I've been aimless for some time now, just picking up odd stuff that looks good. But I've decided to chase down Peace Dollars and American Silver...
Anyone got a good reference source for information about the Eisenhower Dollar? I'm having a rough time figuring out the varieties, etc.
I've been looking around downstate Illinois for a while now; nothing breezing by in change, popped some rolls, and nothing. No 2009s. Went to...
TRIVIA: Lincoln Collection? I found this post on "TRIVIA: Lincoln Collection?" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "CoinTalk Thread...
Yeah. I like the IHC reverse best! :)
I have been thinking about going, but the one thing really holding me back is that it's in the middle of the week. Difficult to spend the time to...
I agree about the HS art context comment. But I think the capitol building is sucking up to the politicians on the committee---kind of a...
Actually, the tradition of sticking coins in the bottom of glass vessels dates back many centuries. A very cool thing, I think.
I'm not so sure the prices are horrible. I see prices for particular coins all over the map. The Redbook price is kind of like an approximation.
Wow. I just don't have the guts to buy Chinese stuff via ebay.
I LIKE using a dollar coin. Easier to pull a coin out of the pocket than pull out, open up a wallet, extract bill and put the wallet in your...
I lean the other direction. I like more dignified stuff on my coins, stamps, bills. Not so much Mickey Mouse/ consumer society stuff.
Eisenhower Dollars - Mintage History I found this post on "Eisenhower Dollars - Mintage History" interesting and have nominated it accordingly...
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