Newfie = coin from Newfoundland. Newp = new purchase. An 1885 Newfoundland gold $2 piece of Queen Victoria, to be specific. A nice survivor...
What happened to your cat avatar?
@justyn p - here’s a holey coin from your homeland which used to be on that hat of mine. A 1789 Spade half-Guinea of George III. [ATTACH] It’s...
This. A hole does significantly decrease the numismatic value of a coin, by anywhere from 25-50%, or more.* At least to mainstream collectors....
Ssh! It's in disguise! Gotta watch out for those Socialist stealth quarters! ;)
Groovycool. You're right. I have no recollection of sending you a V-nickel. It's gotten so that folks will say, "hey, look at this coin LordM...
David Connors has some nice affordable Spanish coppers of that era, most with attractive patinas, as is often the case with hoard coins from...
Sorry for the confusion. When this contest launched, there was more than one page in the gallery. However, due to attrition (shrinkage due to...
Makes sense, but … wow. I thought I had hit a bonanza when I found a $100-ish 1875-S 20c piece I didn’t know I owned in one box.
A rare and very sought-after George Washington inaugural button, which are sort of the crown jewel of button finds here in the US, if you’re a...
Yep. They captured this island early, in ‘62. Two years even before Sherman and his boys came through. Johnny Reb wisely retreated inland, not...
OPEN THEM SO WE CAN SEE WHAT’S INSIDE, already! :p I remember finding some rolls at the bank (this was back in the ‘90s), which had the old...
Meow is old, for a kitty. Older than previously assumed. Maybe Meow is in fact an undead creature resurrected from one of those wrapped cat...
This one might cause some confusion if now merged with the other. ;) I wouldn’t have even known what this thread was originally a duplicate of,...
Exactamundo, to quote the Fonz.
Still fun to find S-mint coins in circulation, regardless.
Nope. Prior to 1975, an "S" mintmark does not automatically indicate a proof, since they were still producing some business strikes at San...
Yep.
63, shot at 64.
Awesome. Only two coins from my childhood collection survived the millennium. I've had both of these since 1976. The Merc dime is the coin...
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