I really appreciate the responses so far. It's absolutely great having access to such an active forum. The other factor that makes me suspicious...
In an attempt to get a different perspective on collecting, I decided to try collecting a series rather than a random sampling of types. Since...
Under the vast majority of circumstances, no. I avoid them. But there could always be that one coin that I'd like to have but has always been out...
Oop... someone already posted the VAMWORLD link, but if you care about VAMS, this is apparently the site to occupy... http://www.vamworld.com/
This story is painful and makes my innards twitch in agony, but yes, you learned a lesson the hard way. Owch. But at least you didn't keep it to...
Slabs are definitely a mixed blessing. As someone already mentioned, they provide a decent hedge against now rampant counterfeiting (as long as...
Though I didn't inadvertently lose these coins, I did sell a load of them way back when I found myself short of money one awful month. Looking...
There's nothing in my area this week, but I went to 2 shows last weekend and bought enough to keep me going until the next shows roll along...
Hm. The majority of Twin Cities public transportation tokens that I've seen look like this: [IMG] Or this: [IMG] Or these: [IMG] [IMG] Not...
Nice photos and nice finds! I really like the Washington and Carver/Washington coins - I'm also intrigued by murmurings I've heard that the...
Wow, some of the things this forum dredges up on Ebay make me break out in hives... yeeesh... wow... I was NOT prepared for that price...
:woot: You can display additional characters from romance and other languages using the alt key and a combination of numbers on any standard US...
Thanks everyone! I'm not surprised by the responses, I was pretty sure that opinion would prevail. I'll keep the boxes.
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