Here is the latest on my basic 19th century Type set of holed US coins. Since the project of individually photographing all the coins is a...
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A friend of mine just dug this in a cow pasture in the neighboring county. It’s rough, but it’s plainly a Nova Constellatio! You can see the eye...
LordM Giveaway #121 (pick your prize) Contest status: CLOSED Drawing: 1 February 2025 Winner: @Vytis Shipped: 7 February 2025 Winner's receipt:...
Click the pic below to go to the introduction to the contest. At the bottom of that introduction is a series of links. Scroll down to see the...
@Eric Babula recently messaged me with a number of questions. Since they do get asked occasionally, I figured I'd address them here, in a public...
This is an old story of mine, which made the rounds on various blogs and newsletters when it got shared by other people. It came up in a...
CTF Giveaway #1 Contest status: CLOSED [IMG] Please take a moment to read the introduction below. There's a series of handy links at the...
(Or, if you don’t have a specific list of ten clear-cut goals, then your general plan will do.) Since @Croatian Coin Collector recently posted...
This “coworker holiday envelope” thing has been a tradition of mine at work for the past three or four years. I’m the night auditor at an 85-room...
Without warning, I crept up on him. I reached out as @Randy Abercrombie was contentedly strolling along, collecting his US Type coins, and I...
I love the Akragas coins with their crabs and eagles. Particularly this hemidrachm type mentioned below. With the eagle snatching a hare on the...
All of the following giveaways have been recently posted on the Contests forum: Expat's Holiday & New Year Giveaway, 2024/5 (mystery prize)...
Expat's Holiday & New Year Giveaway, 2024/5 Contest status: CLOSED Drawing: 01 January 2025 Winner: @meandyou4ever0 Shipped: 7 January 2025...
LordM Giveaway #120 (pick your prize) Contest status: CLOSED Drawing: 01 January 2025 Winner: @Jersey magic man Shipped: 02 January 2025...
Seems like it would be fun. This one could be useful afterwards, all year round.
This would be just dandy. Thanks! :)
I would like to announce that @Randy Abercrombie and I have kicked off this year’s Twelve Days of COINmas series of contests. We will be doing...
I'm sure it's been done before in forum history, but why not have a key date coins thread? I suppose semi-keys are OK, as well. But just post...
Yesterday was my 48th birthday. No, not my actual birthday, but rather my numismatic birthday. My 48th anniversary as a collector. Tonight at...
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