I had heard that many years ago, coins had holes put in them so they could be wired together, and not so easily lost when carried around. But...
I think they will be collecting the 2158 Hillary $100 dollar plastic coin. Given inflation, it will be worth about $.25 in today's currency. ;)
I was in El Salvador a few years ago, and wanted to bring home some of the local currency for my collection. Imagine my disappointment when I...
After looking at the photos, why do the close-ups look like a normal coin, and the full shots look as clean as new? They almost look like...
If you don't want it, I'll buy it as a novelty for $3.00. It would be a nice surprise if it turned out to be real. Since you found it, I'll...
Did you see the small print at the bottom of the listing? "If this coins final winning bid is less then 2008 RED BOOK VALUE I must DENY sale....
"More to the point, though, is that it's much more time- and labor-intensive to create a new banknote design than a new coin design." It isn't...
All of them! :smile
"Mercury, however, had wings on his feet not his head and was supposed to be quite quick." Mercury also wore a winged helmet, which explains...
More likely it was buried for quite a while. It appears to be corroded, not bent.
While I don't claim to be an expert at grading, if that Morgan is a DMPL, I'm Bill Gates.
The real 5-RM coins were also edge-lettered, not reeded.
I got a gift certificate to my local coin shop, which I will use this weekend. I also gave my nephew a set of the Lewis & Clark nickels.
I bought a 2007 Sacajawea proof. If I have any money left after Christmas, I'll head back to the coin shop.
I like all of them, but high-grade Mercury dimes and Morgan Dollars are some of the most attractive U.S. coins, IMHO.
I search rolls of dollar and half dollar coins, and spend what isn't collectable. The Presidential dollars got a lot of confused looks from the...
I agree. I have Third Reich coins and paper money, Saddam-era paper money, Japanese invasion currency, and Confederate money, in my collection. I...
"Deserving has nothing to do with it. There is no gray area. DC, PR and the other territories DON"T QUALIFY. They are NOT States. Simple as...
My smooth-edge Washington dollar (I found in a DENVER roll) isn't a cheap coin, if I had to buy one. I'm not saving any rolls, but am saving two...
Some waste haulers do sort trash for recycling purposes (watch Dirty Jobs on Discover Channel), and some is hand-sorted as it goes down a conveyer...
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