I forgot to bring the one I got yesterday, so there's no picture of it. The one above (that's in the new giveaway) is the one I already had.
Here is a contest where I'm giving away the gold bele I already had (the one pictured above). We'll have a random drawing after New Year's Day,...
My first gold coin was an 1857 USA $5 Liberty, which graded around Fine or so. I worked all summer when I was 16 to save up for it. (That summer...
Here's a new giveaway. The prize is a (very tiny) gold coin, for anyone who has never owned a gold coin before. (If you do own one, you may...
LordM Giveaway #134 (your first gold coin?) Contest status: OPEN Drawing: pending; on or after 1 January 2026 Winner: pending Shipping status:...
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I have very little Seated stuff in my collection right now. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Here are some Ancient and World coins that sorta fit...
Since @H8_modern was the original author of this megathread, I will post my latest acquisition, which I got from him. It is a 1908 Newfoundland...
This is my latest casual sideline. I've got a Washington quarter album for the eagle-reverse type (1932-1998, no proofs edit- no, it does include...
Those little Russian Wire Money pieces are huge in comparison to this gold bele! You could snort it and not notice! Sneeze, and it would be lost...
1844 Seated dime, 72,500 mintage. PCGS F15 CAC. Pop 40/195. Asking $500 delivered to US addresses (check, MO, or PayPal if you use Friends and...
Wow, I was way off. But I do think PCGS undergraded it, too.
An astonishing surprise gift from @Randy Abercrombie, for no apparent reason other than his well known generosity. Quite the nice coin to...
You are all correct. I figured when I dropped the date range, someone sleuthy would figure it out. It is indeed a gold bele, or 1/10 fanam. This...
That's some pretty prominent doubling of the profile, whatever caused it. Neato.
Wow. They sure were longwinded in the 18th and 19th centuries, weren't they? I love that old-style long-S on the Snelling title page. The word...
I like the red leatherette insert.
Neat. Would be cool if you could track down a descendant of one of the men.
I should add that @Yankee42 offered me a 1943 Walking Liberty half, which also would have been a suitable trade up. So I found myself with two...
It is sort of comparing apples and oranges, since my sole Bust dollar is of the Heraldic Eagle type, but by way of obverse comparisons, here's my...
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