To keep the positivity flowing on this thread (how long can it possibly last? :D), here are all of my PCGS PR69DCAM SBAs with just a single...
Me too. I often handle only the smoothed out ones just to get a coin feel fix. Then I'm good for a while. Not that one should handle valuable...
An SBA dollar thread without any negative comments!?!?!?!? What's going on? Am I on the right forum?!??! :D Though horribly ineffective...
Sadly, sometimes the only way to learn is to make some mistakes. It's the painful way, but it definitely sticks. I've bought a few cleaned or...
Yes, it is Meiji 40 明治四十年, meaning the 40th year of the reign of Emperor Meiji, or 1907. At that time in Japan, text was read from right to left,...
The coin posted as a reeded edge looks like Showa29 (昭和二十九年) or 1954, so that one should have a reeded edge. As already mentioned, the other one...
Here is the 10000 Yen note, the largest note in the series, next to a US $1 to give you an idea of the size difference. The notes get slightly...
Finishing up posts on Series-E Japanese banknotes, including the 1000 Yen Banknote, the 2000 Yen Banknote (actually in Series-D) and the 5000 Yen...
I skipped a few of the listed stages and at least two have overlapped. Over the past two years, I have slowed down considerably, nearly to a halt....
Coins are a rotten investment, so be very careful and choosy what you buy. You had better like something a real real real real real real real lot...
I have a bank, actually two, pretty nearby and not inconveniently located. I just would rather not go there if I don't have to. And I don't have...
No one knows the future, but a lot of people like to pretend that they do. Along those lines, I have no idea if the world will actually go...
Has anyone read the Whitman book "In God We Trust" by William Bierly? It seems to cover this very topic and I'm curious what it has to say.
Spinoza used God in a very interesting way: "Deus sive Natura" or "God or Nature." He conceived of God as an ineffable power, a force that...
I think many collectors, myself included, like to think of the "investment" side of the hobby only when their pieces rise in value (i.e., rarely),...
That really doesn't follow at all. I have no idea where you're getting that based on that comment. I searched online to find out the value, and...
Of course not, and I wasn't trying to imply that. I am still going to save a few of these bills for sentimental reasons, especially since they...
Based on what I found online, and the answers here so far, these bills appear to be nothing more than spenders, which is amazing when considering...
My knowledge of coins far surpasses my knowledge of paper money, so sorry for any potentially annoying newbie questions. I have a small pile of...
Unrealistic expectations of true value based on price guides, dealer prices, auction prices, magazine ads, internet sites and coin shops. The most...
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