OldHoopster departed us not long ago and was one of those guys that really made CT a better place. I miss him. Not all that long ago there was a...
I never started collecting feeling drawn to shield nickels. But over the years I find that when I am at a show, I tend to be drawn to the dealers...
Calling @Paddy54.... I need some edumacation please. I did a little coin swap with a fellow CT member because I happen to be a lover of all coins...
Spring is here so the old wheels have come out of the corral.... I occasionally show my old car and when I do, I have a little basket of no-date...
Over the years old Santa Claus has been putting “funny money” in the kids stockings. Now the kids are reaching the age where spending money is...
Empty holes in my Dansco make me nuts, but I also refuse to crack coins out of the slabs to fill those holes. If I were to buy some of the...
I know what it is... I am interested in the how or why it exists. Is it a slight misalignment of the collar and the die that causes finning?
So I need you guys to help me understand what I have wrought with todays love affair. I got the MA Shops email and the photo of this coin...
Do I need it??.... NO! Does it fit in my collection?... NO! Did the photo whisper sweet nothings in my ear?... YES! I don't have a clue what I...
I have been assembling a circulated three cent nickel book and I am down to those last two dates. Circulated business strikes are many thousands...
Time flies when you are having fun. Come this February, I'll have been posting here for five years and I appreciate you all welcoming me into the...
I always look at the ground when I wash my truck. Never understood why people throw small change out as though it were garbage, but I almost...
I would bet that being coin collectors, we probably receive some of the oddest gifts of any hobby group this time of year..... Ten years ago I...
Every time I come over and look at you guys coins, I get myself in trouble... Ever since I saw a post with this bust of Alexander with the...
I was confident that the mint stopped producing JFK halves for circulation in 2002, though it wasn't that unusual to find more recent years in...
I am not a large cent guy but my grandson picked this piece up today and sent me a photo of it. I am wondering about the second “5” in the date...
I am a sucker for seated ladies. And even more so for the 1853 rays and arrows.... I bought this one from @CircCam several years back and it...
Quick run into the drugstore and my purchase is $20.02. I hand the young lady $21.00 and she says, I’ll get the two cents from my penny jar….. NO!...
This old boy has collected coins since the late 1960’s. I never joined ANA, so I know nothing about it…… My boy went with me to a coin show last...
Down to those last three nearly impossible holes in my three cent nickel book. Filling the holes with circulated examples like an honorable...
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