Today, March 14, is Pi Day because 3.14 is the first 3 digits of everyone’s favorite universal constant: π! In celebration of Archimedes’...
I saw this one pop up at a giveaway price, and I got it. What sayeth thou? [ATTACH] Changing the light to accentuate the color in the dark...
These are some recent arrivals into my Black Cabinet. All are base metal Chinese fakes. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I bought this from fuzzy pics thinking it could be the O-111 prime, but the diagnostics do not match in hand. I can’t afford to keep her, so I...
I saw this coin in a dealer’s auction, and I would have gone all-in had I the money. The variety is O-109, which is one of the best-struck die...
I bought this back in october, so I should have received in in November. In the USPS’ system, it was treated as Registered Mail. After two months...
A collector lost his home due to the Paradise Fire in california. His collection was stored in a fireproof safe, but all of his slabs were melted...
I recently bought a digital microscope that could magnify objects up to 1600x (maybe not well, but it does work). One of the first things I looked...
My coin shop sent this to me to sell for them, an I just got it in hand last night. It felt really light, like having been struck out of aluminum....
In the Aurora Numismatica auction today, I just won a coin that I was extremely excited about and had been after for several months now. It is a...
Check out my eBay! If you see someting you want, let me know and we can work out a discounted price. I’m currently trying to free up some money....
No joke. I bought this from Aliexpress as an example that no coin isn’t worth faking. It is die-struck and weighs 3.2g. Hair details are mushy,...
I saw this one at auction, and I felt it was relevant to recent discussion. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I got a notification from MA-Shops saying this Messin denier was just added to a dealer’s inventory for €20+€3 shipping. It’s not the quality I...
I just bought this coin. Some had claimed that it was fake or a garage job, so I decided to buy it and examine it in hand. This coin had a...
I’d put this up there with the Chain cents and AU draped bust silvers I’ve seen dug up in terms of coolness factor! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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My “one coin from each city I visited” collection is finally complete, so I think it would be a fun thread to share the coins, pictures and...
I just don’t see AU-50... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think only one of us has bothered to put one together so far this year, so I will open the flood gates. I bought a lot of really nice, historic...
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