Sorry. I meant non-PVC flips of course.
I use inexpensive non-PVC flip. Many times called Saf-T flips. Will not cause long term damage. Never store coins in PVC anything if you can help it.
Getting towards the end of the hoard it appears, but today's $500 owl will be $1000 owl in a few years IMHO. I owned a couple before, and bought a...
I know its tempting to buy stuff from non-traditional sources cheaply. And, to be fair, there ARE deals to be had occasionally on Ebay. I buy from...
Yes they were. I bought group lots of them 15 years ago. Huge hoard found. Someone had a guesstimate I read somewhere in the tens of thousands of...
Op, I am just asking. Are you newer to coin collecting, or at least collecting older coins? I ask that because it is a common misconception that...
Good point. I would say demand causes these to be listed separately, giving the impression they are as common as his other tets. Not being a major...
Nice coin OP. "Perfect" specimens can get more expensive than you think. I have seen FDC issues of them, perfectly centered, and pretty spendy....
Yeah, WAY too many people try to claim that coins "prove" something. Coins, before they even got to curios, were metal. As such, they were reused...
I understand, but by the time these civilizations used them extensively in trade they became so small and thin as to be useless for any other...
Roman coins are very common in harbors in North America due to ship ballast being dumped. Much of where they dug up the ballast in Europe was soil...
I bet @dougsmit regrets posting his here years ago. Seems like most of the group has jumped on board with how cool they are. I don't have one...
Teens and 20s dates frequently found this way. Either last 2 dates wore badly, greased filled die, whatever. I bet you I could find a few if I...
Oh, humans were very much used in barter trades. One hoe money was equal to one slave according to some research. I didn't include cacao beans,...
Closest I am aware of are the "Hoe money" of Mexico and Ecuador. It seems Ecuador traded copper with Mexico, and when the Mexican indians started...
I always use a different phrase. Mine is derived from Star Wars: [MEDIA] What I tell everyone is, "there is always another coin". Its true. For...
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