Yesterday I took the day off and visited my (not so local) coin shop. My first task is always going through their foreign "junk" bin, and while...
I have this 1960 Mexican 20 centavos that looks like it's straight from the mint. Beautiful details and has a great shine to it. But it has black...
These two are stumping me. The first one is very small, with a denomination of 2. The date looks like 1316 on the Arabic calendar. I feel like...
I was in South Bend, Indiana for a wedding, and I had some time so I decided to Google coin shops in the area. I was shocked to see there are at...
It's not a huge deal but it looks like eBay added a mandatory field for certification if you're listing coins. You have to fill it in for every...
I bought this is a 2x2 labeled "Turkey" but there was nothing else on it. I can't find it in my Krause. I can see the number 20 on it. I'm...
Indian states? Tibet? Not a coin at all? I don't know what to make of this one. Sorry it's not the best pic, but I was in a hurry. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
My favorite coin collecting activity by far is to search through "junk bins" at a coin shop or show, but especially a shop. Just the fact that you...
I picked these two up yesterday from a coin shop's world currency bin. I figure the larger one is from a former Soviet republic and the smaller...
I just posted another thread on some religious medals, but the same person had this 1875 c Prussia 10 mark gold coin that he wants to sell. I was...
A family friend has these and wants me to sell them for him. There are four of them, all silver. They come in a case and have a certificate that...
I ordered a set of 2017 D and P half dollars advertised as UNC from a seller on eBay using stock photos. When they came, the 2017 D had a sizable...
The pennies with the P mint mark came out in 2017, and here it is in July 2018 and I still have never seen one. I know I could get one on eBay,...
Today the Supreme Court ruled that states can collect sales tax on all online sales even if the buyer and seller are not in the same state. I'm...
I put in a low bid on this lot on eBay and was surprised to win it. For $10 I feel like it was a great deal. I need to work on attributing the...
Would you consider coins from the British Indian Ocean Territory to be real coins or fantasy coins? I know they don't circulate and apparently...
Most of you are probably sick of seeing my animal coins, but in case someone is interested, I've been working on a website to display them for...
I've always thought the most common type of Swiss coins that I see, i.e. the rappen, half franc, and 1 franc coins, were kind of boring. But...
It really bugs me when people have to say something like this: "Nice Grade" in their auction description when the coin looks like it came out of a...
Most of you know there are two types of alignment. One is called medal alignment and I forget the other one. But basically what it means is when...
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