I would just like having a coin club of any kind in my community. I've always contemplated starting one, but have no idea how to go about finding...
I didn't even know God was a numismatist! Wow...the hobby of God himself! Guy~
Never have, just because it seems like it would be more of a hassel for them to find a place to get it's worth out of it than it would be just to...
The lettering is off-center. It needs to slide to the right about 1/2 a box. Other than that, it looks great to me. Guy~
I've been grabbing up some newer Kennedy halves just because the mintages are extremely low and the prices are even lower. Where else can you get...
I agree with Doug. I've been told by more than one expert that if you have a silver or copper coin that is older than 60 years and it appears to...
Thats the true definition of a hobby budget. I know exactly how you feel. Keeping the wife out of the loop is almost as challenging as the hobby...
I keep waiting for my bank to make that error, but in my favor. I can almost picture my private island now.... Guy~
Not too hard to believe, especially if they are a coin dealer. I personally saw a transaction exceed a million dollars at a coin shop I frequent...
I don't really follow a budget for buying coins, so it just depends on what I like and whether or not I decide to buy or not. I average about...
I can reccomend " The Expert's Guide to Collecting & Investing in Rare Coins" by David Bowers. It covers a lot of aspects of the hobby and is well...
As a seller, if they are concerned about getting ripped-off in the deal, then it's their responsibility to become educated BEFORE they sell, and...
I've never seen sloppy lettering like that on any Pine Tree shillings, but I've never seen every variety. Those look to have been added after the...
I buy gold every once in a while, but only from one place, which is a coin dealer I've been doing business with for years. They are mostly...
I like the peace dollar. They're a surprising challenge in many ways. I can find almost any Morgan in high grade, and by the dozens quite easily....
I look at it like this. While my friends are collecting cars and quads and boats, and ultimately severe debt, I'm collecting money. No matter how...
I guess I'm the "1" in your examples. Which, is wierd, because in person I'm a die-dard "2" and am not vocal at all. I guess the way I see it, if...
There's some chance of finding older coins on the west coast. It's been settled since the 1700's and boomed in the early 1800's. The problem is,...
Gold, even refined and pure, varies in color and appearance depending on where it's from and how it was mined. Vein gold is very different from...
Looks kind of neat though. Looks like he has rays radiating out from behind him,almost like the 1853 quarter with rays behind the eagle. I like...
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