Though nothing looks off about the coin at all, grading would also help authenticate it. Most gold coins get counterfeited in droves. Though I...
The September/October issue of Archaeology contains a short article on a coin found for the Emperor Laelianus (viewable online). I used to...
Your write ups are always excellent. And they make me glad that I have reduced my coin buying considerably. I would need to really really really...
Everyone reading this thread is now checking their arm chairs and sofas... I may just do that myself...
This post actually inspired me to buy the German 5 Mark coin and a plate block of the 1973 U.S. stamp. They are both in the mail on their way to...
The coin club that I've attended, though not for quite a while now, openly advertised online and at local shows. They have a website, not a...
This is a fascinating observation for those of us who didn't exist, such as myself, in 1964. It sounds like that year, and the ensuing hoarding...
$1400 does seem a little steep, unless it had an absolutely killer Cabalito in it, but even then that seems high. The 1950 "Ferrocarril" coin can...
entry post The Elongated Collector's Website [IMG]
If only AirTites came in fractional sizes. I have experienced this identical problem many times with these capsules and I often err towards the...
I too quite like the often underrated and underappreciated 2-cent piece, so I commend your choice to focus on this series. The odd denominations...
When collecting turns into a business it tends to take some of the fun out of it. I collected coins and sports cards when I was a tyke with no...
That is a bizarre one. I tried a bunch of combinations to discover something about it. Is the shape a hat, a cave, a tunnel, a bridge, an eye, the...
My bank exiled and obliterated its automatic change counter over a year ago. If I have change to count (which, sadly, I rarely do these days) I...
It's hard to tell from the photos, but it's possible that someone simply drew the line on the bill. I'll let others chime in.
Though I am a life member (it was really cheap), I have attended only a few meetings of the coin club near me. All of the meeting I went to...
Cool! I'm not really an album fan, but these are fun to see nonetheless, so thanks for posting. If I were to buy an album, it would be a Japanese...
[IMG] [IMG]
One way they probably do intentionally make rare coins is through limited mintages. They have to know that collectors love low mintages. Judging...
[MEDIA] It's actually worse, according to the piece, the bank said it no longer accepts any coins.
Separate names with a comma.
