I apologize for the "Known to coin collectors...." part. I copied the summary from my facebook page! I know you're all familiar with the term.
I went to my first coin show today at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in the Mission Valley area of San Diego. It was FUN!!! I got to dig through...
Looks like I'll be seeing you this weekend, Charmy! I'm headed to my very first coin show at coinarama at the Scottish Rite Center tomorrow. I'll...
Where do you plan on selling your silver? My local coin shop buys it for $1 under spot and I'm honestly not sure if I heard him correctly. I'm...
I probably got lucky. It all boils down to laziness on the clerk's behalf b/c when I told him I had 10 bucks, he just gave me the whole bag of...
LOL-The post above reminds me of the 1987 Constitution silver dollar I received yesterday. I freaked out b/c I saw the mint mark was smudged only...
The one time I went to a pawn shop to see what coins they had, they didn't have gold or silver BUT they had pennies/wheat cents of every year...
I almost went to the one in Long Beach; but I plan on going to a coin show here in San Diego. I had no idea we had to pay a sales tax when...
Ouch! Well, look at it this way: Someone's having a VERY good day and you're getting reimbursed for your lost coin.
And to be clear, I don't purchase coins from a private dealer through craigslist. It doesn't sound kosher to me. Instead, I'll hunt specifically...
Bumped an old thread b/c I've been attending estate sales. I usually go to Craigslist and type "coins" in the "for sale" section. I've gotten some...
Ooo that's good to know!:smile
Should I send him this link? http://coins.about.com/library/coin_values/bl_wheat_cents.htm
I've noticed that. Copper is beautiful when they make them into bars but I'm not going to pay that much extra when I can get copper cents in my...
I thought this was cute. I used to work with a Russian woman and tried to teach her the difference between "must" and "have". Every time, she'd...
You'd be surprised at what you can find with no cost. Just the other day I found a 10 Euro cent laying on top of a Coinstar machine. Check the...
:eek::eek::eek::eek: Wow!!!! That is just amazing that you found those! Here I am going to a coin shop looking to score $35 of junk silver and...
You know what's funny? I brought it to my father in law and he told me "It looks like it's seen a slot machine or two." Hee hee. Just a worn out...
Here are some pictures of this neat quarter I found in my daughter's piggy bank. The pictures aren't very good after I cropped them but the rim is...
Ahhhh I had no idea! I don't read Japanese :(
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