I'd love to see a picture of the 1897 Barber quarter - or a link to same!
Nice coins. That is one massive chunk missing from the obv. die of the 12 pfennig!
I don't know that I could claim to own any modern coins so rare you hardly ever see them. But here's a historic medal that would qualify. I would...
It's been raining all day here in central Missouri. Can't do anything outside, so this afternoon my 7-year-old son and I sat down at the kitchen...
I doubt it. As others have pointed out, there are just too many of them. Also, to dissolve a thousand-year-old defining cultural tradition on the...
@Inspector43 That is a very impressive accomplishment!!
I know, right? MS65.
Nice! You were close but not quite. It's a coin, a copper duit minted for the Dutch East India Company. This particular variety is from the...
I've been looking around long enough to know that is a scarcer date + mint. :)
I assume that "nice" toning (even, symmetrical, colorful, visually appealing, etc.) will add a premium? Or maybe that sort of thing doesn't make...
@Collecting Nut Those are fantastic! :singing:
Good to know! MS66 seems to be the grade threshold beyond which prices rise exponentially. I did find a couple nice 66+ coins but not with the...
Morgan dollars are among the most collected of US coins. They're big, beautiful, and readily available in pristine, mint-state condition. I've...
Very kind and thoughtful gift @lordmarcovan, which I'm sure she will appreciate.
Probably the Barber Quarter. Simply for the aesthetics.
So cool to have a provenance story like that! I read somewhere that in 1909 the brand-new Lincoln cents were so popular that people lined up to...
Fabulous collection of sestertii!
Congrats! That's a rare one.
If that's how they felt after Leipzig, imagine how they felt after Waterloo! Cool historical token!
Nice! I will have to take a look at that one. Browsing this and some other similar books on Amazon, I'm reminded of this excerpt from the...
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