No, we didn't meet. I know a few guys on this board live in the Chicago area. I'll have to watch out for this one.
I wasn't familiar with that one. I went to the Chicago International Coin Fair this year and was disappointed. The only dealer I bought from was...
Where is the Greater Chicago Coin Show? I live in the northwest Chicago suburbs. I've been to Distinctive Coins once.
My experience is that I'm more likely to find a deal during the day on a weekday. It makes sense when you figure people are at work and most...
People usually say Sunday night. I figure Friday and Saturday night people are more likely to be out doing something fun. I've noticed when I'm...
Here are a few more I got today. The 1843 Greece 10 lepta I'm happy about because almost all Greek coins from the 1800s are hard to come by. I...
I picked up some interesting older coins from Swiss Cantons. 1814 St. Gall 1/2 bazen, 1796 Luzern 1 batzen, 1827 Freiburg 5 rappen and 1827...
Don't let it overwhelm you either. It's a hobby that can be whatever you want it to be. Some people like to geek out over how coins are made and...
I should also add, you posted this in the world section of the site so I assume you're interested in world coins. If you can find a coin shop in...
You need to determine what it is that you like about coins. I think most people have some sort of theme - they like coins with animals, stars,...
I remember reading British novels and they always talked about guineas and I wondered what that meant.
I always thought the groats were for British Guiana, as you say in your listing. I have a few of those too. I have an interest in coins with...
Thanks, very interesting.
Here's an interesting coin - a totally stupid denomination and one of the smallest coins I've ever seen. 1834 Great Britain 1 1/2 pence. (Shown...
Italy really had it going on around the turn of the 20th century when it comes to coin design. Here are four that I added to my collection...
Dealers especially ignore non-silver coins. They know silver has a value and will usually look it up, if just to find out the silver content....
Well, it's new to me. It is interesting how the U.S. seems to cling to cash more than many other countries. I think going digital is a problem for...
Interesting article on the pending demise of money in Scandinavia. http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/02/technology/cashless-society-denmark/index.html
It's random. I haven't had much luck lately either but then one time I'll hit the motherlode. The problem with Coinstar as opposed to say a bank's...
I've never gotten one in my life.
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