There was a coin show a hundred miles away. That isn’t a big deal… BUT…. They had a 1913 Liberty nickel on display. A coin that held my...
I am sure I can Google this question, but I prefer asking my buddies here..... This weekend I will attend a coin show that has a 1913 Liberty...
Was at the boys last football game and decided I needed a batch of boiled peanuts (Don't judge me. They are wonderful)..... I get back three cents...
I feel funny about doing this. These are images of two 1883 three cent nickels on Ebay. Coincidentally they are the only listings that are not...
Been looking at 1883 three cent nickels on Ebay which happens to be a very difficult date for the series. I have spotted two now that appear to my...
Admittedly, I am an old fashioned guy who wants to believe everyone's motives are above board... The pragmatic side of me has to kick me in the...
I don't sell coins. Not in my DNA apparently, but as it turns out I have ended up with two complete Ike sets with proofs in Dansco's. Neither one...
There is a great thread going about an altered Morgan that I didn’t want to trample on, but it got me to thinking about the ethics of owning a...
I have a personal cut off date. Anything minted before me (1959) goes into the oddball box. These days the occasional wheat cent… But mostly...
I am a confirmed US coin guy and get myself in trouble each and every time I come over here and look at you guys coins... Yet, I never learn.... I...
Been collecting to one degree or another since the late 1960’s. Shiny new coins in my pocket change or discovery of a random coin dropped on the...
I just got an email from the mint telling me to enroll now for the 2023 release? Did I miss the memo? I thought this was a one year event in honor...
Don’t hit me. I carried the kids to the amusement park and I don’t have my reference books with me… I have never noticed this before. I have...
We have a three day holiday weekend. Let’s celebrate the birth of a nation the best way we know how. By posting your colonial, post colonial and...
Our own @lordmarcovan was traveling through and stopped by my place today. We oogled coins together and I just had to talk him out of this one. I...
I’m not worried about my safe walking out the door. It is large, extremely heavy and bolted down…… When I bought the safe, I wanted one with a...
I have an upcoming trip to the UK in July. My bank told me they needed 2-4 weeks to get me some UK currency so I ordered it Monday and it came...
I am an old guy that spent fifty years being happy with very, very average coins. The last ten years or so, I have afforded myself the luxury of...
Sent a rather amusing letter about his newly developed "flux inducer".... And a 2000 Virginia quarter stamped with "Easy Button"..... I am never...
I never was an errors/variety guy. Two years ago this 2019 MAD dime showed up in my pocket. It was fun for me finding a minor error in my pocket...
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