Ah, how I wish my coins could tell stories.........of the places they've been and the hands they've passed through....holding history in one's...
Love those big, heavy coins! I have a 1797 British Two pence which weighs about 56.7 grams sitting here on my desk, as it will not fit into any...
I see these old Roman coins with images of someone being speared or dragged away as a captive, and I almost lament that our modern coinage does...
I see I also have an 1836, not sure what mint mark though. No idea of mintage.
This has to be the best source of coin info I have ever seen. Good job, guys!
I bought one quite similar from possibly the same place in China. I found it to be about useless and just tossed it. I do much better taking pix...
Simple, buy them both! Worry about which one you like better at some later time.
I got a heavy wooden cutting board and put a wooden upright on it, to which I attach a handy dandy camera mini clamp/tripod device. The Nikon...
I got this in pocket change a few weeks ago, thought it was a toner. Wife told me it had been burnt in a fire.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I guess MS 64
My personal worst coin story goes like this. I was a young fellow, working in a big store, sweeping the floors, back in about 1965. I found a...
I was a gun nut for many years before becoming a coin nut as well. All states have their own laws concerning the ownership and carrying of...
Wow, this whole thread is right weird, very unusual for CT. Perhaps one of the CT Gods will make it all go away? Meanwhile, let's see if I can...
[ATTACH]
Edward VII, my main man... [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That is a beauty! I have one also, though mine is in much poorer condition...I recall some of the story about this S.S.C coin being that the...
This whole thread is great! I love the pictures of all the owl coins. Now I need to get me one......there is going to be a run on owls directly,...
That's the first time I've seen the word "Strong" in a coin description. Can someone please explain? Are there "Weak" coins as well?
Great job, proud of you! It certainly does belong in a museum. The story brought a tear to my eye, thinking of the hell those guys went through in...
Separate names with a comma.
