The older I get, the more my collecting tends to favor our nation’s infancy. I been on the lookout for one of these for several years now. They...
A young lady that I work with had her mother pass recently. Of course everyone I work with knows I am a coin-o-holic, so today she brings me the...
I made a mistake ten years ago or so. Silver seemed to stabilize at around $30.00 an ounce so I got comfortable buying again. Well, we all know...
Ten years ago I gave my grandson an old worn half slick Morgan. I remember that year I gave a Morgan to all my grandkids, nieces and nephews……...
I don't do the bidding thing very well. If I see a coin I like, I place what I am willing to pay and move on with my life...... Well, I saw one on...
I was perusing the current Heritage auction and placing a bid or two when I ran upon this. As I understand it, this was a pattern dollar and I...
When I am able to get to a show one of my favorite things to do is to find the tables with the high end dealers. They usually have halogen lamps...
I know the 1921 Peace dollars got a nice boost in value this last year. And the 21 Peace deserves it…… I was plundering my rolls of cull dollars...
There will come a day…. Probably sooner rather than later that one of my kids will clear out my safe and start posting my beloved coin collection...
Down at the coast in a very historic area so I study the area on my phone and see that I have a coin shop in town! Head down there, pay to park...
We all got ‘em. We don’t brag about them or post threads about them…. Until now. Let’s give the cheesy coins some love. I’ll start with this fine...
Rarely I will bid on an eBay coin and have won a few. I place my max bid and go on about my business. There are two terms that I hear regularly...
The time has come.... I simply have to make some space and I am thinking of selling (shudder) or trading out rolls of wheat cents. I am not going...
It isn’t on par with those fabulous gold and junk silver finds that @Collecting Nut shows, but it was cool….. My mom is coming to visit in a few...
Quick question. I’m on the road and an old friend called me to ask if I would by his silver….. Before Covid I traded a lot of silver and knew the...
Watching the Beatles documentary the other week and it occurred to me that I wasn’t able to relate to some of the UK monetary slang….. Here in the...
If I were a fellow walking the street in 1900, would I have referred to my dollar as a silver dollar? Or did that become routine vernacular in...
Posting these photos for a new member @Jeff Pil that hasn’t yet mastered the art of putting photos on the site. He wanted an 1853 half and found...
Truth be known…. I don’t spend a lot (any) time at bookstores. I know that surprises everyone. Just not my thing. Today my girl did a job for me...
My favorite series is the seated series. The most visually pleasing coin of all for me is the arrows and rays of 1853. I know that the mint added...
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