...when the slab is wrong. [IMG] The slab reads "M25 (1892)" or "Meiji Year 25" which should look like this on the coin: 明治二十五年 (going clockwise...
Maybe I'm just experiencing a heavy dose of new owner ecstasy? I recently received a 1913 Caballito Peso in the mail, graded by NGC as AU 55, and...
I have this 1819 Matron Head large cent. It's not a particularly rare date, mintage around 2.6 million, though it does currently hold the record...
When I toured the Denver mint last month, the tour guide gave everyone "free samples" when the tour began. He handed out sealed pouches with a...
Once again, I walked into a coin shop and something caught my eye at the right price. Since I'm still fairly new to ancients, I'm making only...
While visiting Denver last week, I spotted the coin below in a local shop. It wasn't very expensive and the card inside the flip read "Roman...
One of my favorite coins ever. These can make me drool outright. This is one of three in my stash. I will likely add more as I find these...
Since we're often told to buy the book before the coin, we should all have plenty of books, right? :D I'm not absolutely drowning in coin books,...
I posted my first ancient in the "Your First Ancient" thread. So here is my second and only other ancient (so far). I also found this one at a...
I have dabbled in medieval hammered coins and also own a few shabby Roman coins. Recently, ancients have started to pull me in inexorably. I can't...
The story says it all:...
In an attempt to get a different perspective on collecting, I decided to try collecting a series rather than a random sampling of types. Since...
I recently came into a stash of coins. Among the horde were 6 boxed US commemoratives, all 1986 Liberty/Ellis Island and 1987 Constitution coins....
Has anyone else seen this? [MEDIA]
I came across this old ANACS graded Buffalo nickel in a local shop recently and found it interesting enough to buy (I also happened to want a...
Among the first batch of smart cards available, COIN works with mobile phones and allows scanning of multiple credit cards. Though the review...
Sorry in advance if this is one of those well-worn topics. I tried a quick forum search and didn't seem to find an exact answer. Sorry if I missed...
My wife's father passed away recently and we spent Christmas day going through the family's things. When we were almost done for the day, her...
A few times in my life I've let "normal" (i.e., non-coin) people know that I might, on occasion, not too much, but once in a while, when I have...
The well-known New York merchant M.L. Marshall, apart from selling coins, issued a few interesting tokens during the Civil War years. Most remain...
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