I picked up a 1951 the other day. I was pleasantly surprised to find it in a dealer's melt bin, and happy to save it from a hot fate. I am...
I picked up an 1851-O in a pile of foreign coins. The date was pretty well worn away, but the mint mark made attribution easy. I don't toot my...
I'm not the biggest fan of the Presidential dollars, but I wanted to see get an inexpensive multi-coin slab just to check it out. This caught my...
I wonder what they will use the proceeds to acquire? And I'm surprised that the ANA wasn't doing something to display the collection.
As I posted in another thread - would a tissue test work to tell them apart?
Slabs do make storage easier. If you're keeping this in a safe deposit box, I've found that slabs fit quite nicely and offer superior protection...
Huh. I saw one of those (in similar grade) at a PM dealer today. I didn't pick it up b/c my ol' Krause catalog had the 1917 listed as a fairly...
I shouldn't neglect the other coins I purchased today: including a 1908 Canadian 5 Cents, a 1937 New Zealand Florin, a 1913 Canadian 10 Cents, an...
jjack> I also picked up something from Latvia - a 1996 10 Latu, 16th century variety (in presentation case). The book isn't mentioned at all in my...
Wouldn't our tax revenue be better spent on providing helpful services for the elderly and poor? While the British custom is charming (and rooted...
62 grams of 'pure silver' puts it just under 2oz? I'm assuming 0.999 here? But I guess it could be sterling. Figure it at 90% and you'll probably...
I'd like to get some plate money and mount it on a wall display as a piece of art in my living room. If I was looking for an inexpensive example,...
I went into this with my eyes wide open. There's always a chance that someone is selling coins without a clue to their value (happens all the...
Huh. That does seem like the same obverse design, but I wonder if my set are restrikes? I don't see any hint in the packaging that these were...
It looks like the reverse was added after you posted. It's actually a Dutch 10 cent piece from 1917. It's comparable to the US dime of the same...
I'm going with $115.33 And I hope that I'm way under-guessing (because my collection will be worth more, even if it doesn't benefit from the prize)!
The only gold coin I have is a Mexican 2 peso from 1945. Not so small that I have to worry about sneezing around it, but not a huge sunk cost...
That sums up my thoughts pretty well. But, I'm not sure when they were issued. 1968 seems pretty far fetched... but 1978, 1988, 1998, or 2008 all...
The shipper failed to provide tracking information (and I never received any 'US Gold coins'):
I wonder - would a tissue test work for telling 50% and 80% silver coinage apart? I'm going to have to get a handful of 'unknown' Canadian...
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