Nice older bags you have there! I really would like to see mint bags that once held Morgans or other silver dollars. Just wondering what they...
So far, this is only mint bag that I own. (Nerd Alert: I collect South Korea) Had to jump on this when I saw it up for auction! This is the...
I will make sure to check the "No Refunds" box. If I ever sell at ebay again... Thanks for the tip.
It's so interesting how smaller denomination bills (or, it seems, a collection of smaller-denomination bills that make up a large total) have a...
Thanks for all the responses. It's interesting how the Ecuadorians are using those coins that aren't used here: Sacagaweas and Kennedys. How...
I've met some Ecuadorian immigrants recently who told me that back home in Ecuador they use US currency. Not too surprised, I assumed that they...
Wow! The oldest for me was an 1896 Indian Head Cent. Found it when going through a box of pennies I got from the bank last year..
Yep. And if someone likes any other kind of animal, I'm sure the DPRK has made a commem for it. Like I said before in this thread, they make far...
I'm in a real bind: I'm collecting dust. And accumulating coins. Really, though: I end up accumulating when I find, and subsequently buy,...
I just wish I HAD something in a fatty slab.
Is there a major nickel mine near Sudbury, (nickel, as in the mineral)? I thought I heard somewhere that the largest deposits of nickel in the...
hunnnnnrrrgh! [ATTACH] There!
Yes. And write the list by hand in blue ink. Don't ask me why it should be blue. It was one of those "highly-effective people" behaviors that...
Nice pick up, Mat. I like New Zealand crowns, half-crowns and florins myself. I picked up one of these recently. Designed by James Berry to...
Right. I did two jobs and Army Reserve duty for five years to get through college. No student-loan debt (at least for my Bachelor's degree)....
Getting on the first page of a google search is VITAL. Google "Korean coins" and you'll see my site at position #3 under the wikipedia page and...
"Does it make logical sense to collect AND pay substantial sums for coins that are extremely common?" ...The author implies at the end of the...
Woof! Somebody throw it a pork chop. ...Still, it's better than what I've ever found in my change.
What about those Leuchtturm (Lighthouse) Digital microscopes? Leuchtturm makes products for numismatists, and they sell this product: Lighthouse...
Weren't these coins (or some sort of Russian coins) made from metal reclaimed from cannons (artillery pieces)?
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