@Ken Dorney, I would use the dates in my original post. They may or may not be 100% accurate... I don't even care if the "Wonder" actually...
Thanks for the idea, @rrdenarius Rather than modern commemoratives, I'd rather get contemporary coins from the "host country", even if they did...
That sounds like a great idea. I would *like* to keep the coins in the same time period, though. (I.e., the coin had to be in circulation while...
Thanks again, @TIF
How much, in your opinion, for a "decent" condition coin? By "decent", I mean fairly legible and able to discern the design of the Lighthouse....
Thanks, @TIF ! (Let me add here that I'd be willing to spend only ~$100 US on any one coin... preferably less) So... it seems that the...
*** GONE *** If anyone is interested in these, let me know. The cost of a stamp should get them to you. All four together might cost more; I'd...
Same box as the last IHC... I'm not complaining, mind you, but why does it seem that in every fairy tale there is always am ugly step-sister?...
This is good stuff... keep 'em coming! @Mikey Zee, go ahead and post! The more the merrier! ;-)
These are all great replies... thank you. I will stop and talk to the manager later this week to verify that they are, in fact, leasing the...
@cpm9ball, I've not had much luck asking tellers for customer-wrapped rolls, "old coins", etc.
I had a pretty sweet deal with a local credit union. I would go in every week and they'd open up their coin counting machine. It is the "spinning...
Since the last thread got deleted because someone was very, very naughty... Can you help me create a list of possible ancient coins that actually...
Hi! I collected a bit when I was a kid, but I've been collecting more seriously for about 3 years now. I'm slowly working on a U.S. Type Set...
Because they don't do their homework and don't realize it was a proof-only issue. That's my guess.
Vewy, vewy ecwectic! (If Elmer Fudd were admiring your collection)
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Sorry. Dunno how I missed that point from your original post. Nice coin!
What's going on in the right obverse field? Are those scratches on the slab?
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