Are there any vending machines that will accept a half dollar coin ?
One subject they will NEVER cover in school today is the Bataan Death March that the Japanese did to our soldiers in the Philippine's and the...
My dear old Dad was a turret gunner on those B24's , he was Army Air Corps.
Nice coins, on the 1885 silver coin, is there a mint mark to ID it as a coin used in the Philippines ?
And these fakes will show up on eBay being sold as genuine. Just like the nice replica Italian crown coins openly sold in Italy, they show up on...
"Peso" might have been a holdover from the Spanish colony era in the Philippines. I have a crown sized silver Philippine's 1897 one Peso coin that...
I see the older coins used the word "peso" and the newer coins spelled it "piso"
Those deep test cuts are exactly like the ones I've seen on silver coins minted in Naples and Palermo during the 1700's. I'm guessing merchants...
Test cuts were commonly done on silver coins in Southern Italy and Sicily from 1735 to the 1800's. They must have had a lot of fakes during that...
Both members of the 1968 Nixon-Agnew ticket resigned. A first time ?
This hobby can be addictive and I'm hooked. I try to budget but then a coin shows up on eBay that I gotta have and there goes my budget. ;)
LOL, every old lady in my neighborhood has at least 4 cats and they call them their fur babies. ;)
Gotta be one the the most beautiful gold coins ever minted.
I didn't know that hardware stores carried silica packs.
Cash is King at California coin shows. With cards you have to pay 10% sales tax. As a seller I would not take a personal check.
I remove all coins I buy from cardboard flips. I've seen some where the staples have rusted.
I find that a wood toothpick works the best and is very safe to pierce and open up the mylar, no metal for me. With my luck I'll slip and scratch...
LOL, don't hold your breath waiting for an answer ;)
eBay fees are miniscule compared to these auction houses. ;)
My first thought when seeing that photo was Stonehenge :)
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