1991 The Cold War ended. People from East Germany were streaming into West Germany to be reunited with long lost relatives. People from West...
There are THREE HUNDRED pennies in that jar! Thanks for hosting a contest. I love the contest section!
I put my 2004 Silver Proof Set coins up for sale on FeeBay. Four days left and most of them aren't even bid up to melt value. There might be...
Speaking of cleaning coins, I remember seeing an article maybe 10-15 years ago about a casino in Vegas that cleaned all the quarters they used to...
And now... Here are the winners! First Place: Exchequer - Joshua Tree (Post number 116) What's not to like about this photo? The colors, the...
PayPal does offer some protection for items sold oustide of FeeBay, but there's fees associated with PayPal too. If a active/reputable member...
I snoozed on these. Not that it matters now, but what was the retail price from the Mint? Compared to what they're selling for on FeeBay, I think...
If I was a dealer, I'd have to find a way around this. Perhaps trading you the bill for $100, but in order to get that trade, you have to pay...
Its been mentioned a couple times already, but starting by going through pocket change, or coin rolls (that you can get from the bank at face...
It wasn't easy, but I've narrowed the list down to ten finalists (in order of appearance within the thread): CamaroDMD - #7 - Beach Sunset...
Soooooo wrong, especially if they can see what your maximum bid is. It does at least seem that there's some validity to their citation from the...
I was considering doing the same thing until I learned that my local dealer will only give me 20x over face value for silver proof coins. (The...
I don't have any photos of them, but I have a handful of the old German 1 Pfennigs and Euro 1 cent coins. At first glance they seem like they are...
I don't want anyone to have to bow out of this contest, or not to submit a photo for consideration based on their professional status. Yes, this...
I guess they're relying on people assuming that all of the rolls are at least pre 1960, and as such, none of the coins would be post 1960. When I...
You see? This is why I joined Cointalk! I had no idea Hobo Nickels even existed. Thank you for expanding my horizons everyone!
I thought I was done with this thread, but I would like to add one last thing. I've seen a few places where people refer to Steve's submissions as...
I stumbled upon this today:...
I don't know if it qualifies as an accident or a mistake, but it's something I feel bad about to this day. A long time ago in the mid '70's, when...
What, me wrong? UNPOSSIBLE!!! (Disregard what I said, these guys know about eleventy billion times as much as I do about coins. I'm just...
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