In Thailand you'll frequently find coins for sale, sometimes in odd places. I'm always on the lookout but have only made a purchase once, from...
"Buck" as slang for a dollar possibly originated from the early colonial period, where items were valued based on deer hides, or buckskins. But...
One of them. Don't have a coin for the other parent. Really old pics. Coincidentally the coin came from my grandfather, which I guess will be the...
The Joachimsthaler (Bohemia, 1518) became the thaler, which in English became dollar.
Ananda Mahidol, King Rama VIII of Thailand, was found shot dead in his bed in the royal palace June 6, 1946, aged 20. Initially claimed to be...
"Two bits" is an American expression for a quarter dollar, dating from colonial times, which derives from a "bit" having been a Spanish real,...
Have you found a chocolate with a W? They're out there.
I see several of us are the same age. I put together my own set from LCS coins as a kid but I'm too lazy to go dig them out, happen to have an old...
One of their other items for sale is x-rated, yikes. I'll give them credit for having all kinds of garbage, not just coins.
The coveted brown bean is for the lowball collectors - below average for the grade.
Same. Now I know what to do with the stickers. Hmm, those plastic trays could make nice coin albums.
This thread makes me chuckle. For reference, I received a package today. It took three days. From the UK, to rural Colorado. Free shipping because...
I'm thinking "HRSBY" is a price code, that tells the owner how much he paid. If you could decode it, you'd have bargaining power. A shop (not...
Counterfeit
The seller can disclaimer all they want, it's still against ebay policy to sell replica coins. Instead of feigning ignorance, they're just...
Technically the grade seems correct, but we have three sets of photos (Stacks plus NGC) and to me the appeal in all of them is bleah. If you can't...
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It would buy you a cube of gold 1.36 inches tall.
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