Coin collecting is the only hobby where you can spend ALL your money and still have money when you're through!
The Bison on the reverse of the nickel, was modelled after Black diamond from the Bronx Zoo.
What I find to be hilarious is that the biggest opponent to a centralized bank is on one of the most common bills issued by our central bank....
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I always found it interesting that the President who hated the idea of a "Central Bank" the most, wound up on one of the most visible notes put...
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I'm in. Thanks for running the contest.
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Not as ugly as one of my pocket pieces. The Peace Dollar I found at a bank a few years ago. I figure it was turned in after someone's Grandpa...
Be patient, you'll find other Canadian silver in your travels. A 90% Roosevelt will sound different from an 80% or 50% Canadian. It's kind of...
Nice find! I usually can discern the % difference by the sound it makes. Take a known 80% dime and drop it to hear it ring. A 50% dime has a...
I'm attempting to fill a buffalo nickel folder from circulation/CRH finds. Many of the earlier date/mintmark nickels are the result of...
Back in 2004, I stopped into my local bank to ask for unusual coins, and they sold me 4 rolls of silver quarters (they knew I collected coins)....
If it has a dull sound and a massive amount of rotation, you may have a "magicians coin". These are usually made from half dollars, and if you...
It was the only Barber I had found, probably 7-8 years ago when silver half finds were much more common for me. I have found probably 20 or so...
1914-D in a bank roll several years ago.
Ended up with 29 Mercury dimes in this box. But these two enders greeted me when I opened the box!
They were minted through 1967, but were back dated to 1964. Any of them dated 1965-1967 were clad. Silver and clad were minted side by side in...
Jim T, How does the coin sound when dropped? If it has a hollow, thud like sound, it could be a magician's coin from a trick known as Scotch and...
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