I recently bought a handful of foreign coins at spot (love the 'silver junk' bin at my local coin shop). One of them was a 35mm silver Bar Mitzvah...
Where there ever any real brothel tokens? There are tons of fakes out there (I even bought a bag of them off of eBay a while ago and handed them...
Can someone explain the mule KM 86.2 to me? Would it have the obverse of a 1973 $10 Olympic Commemorative (ie; Queen Elizabeth II)? Or does the...
Maybe it's just me, but the seller here doesn't seem to have any title to these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/22104388336 "Coins found in the crawl...
I picked up a few coins outside my comfort zone tonight. At a glance, I guessed that most were Austrian or German precursor state coins, with a...
I picked up a handful of paper currency the other day (along with some foreign silver) at a WeBuyGold place. The shop owner couldn't ID the paper...
I picked up a few new, unread copies of the 2007 World Coins catalog by Krause (34th edition, 1901-2000). If you're looking for a good primer for...
SOLD - WTS: Book - Signed 1st Ed. California Fractional Gold by David Doering I recently picked up two signed copies of David Doering's...
I've been thinking about picking up a Civil War token depicting the Monitor for a couple of months. A recent article in the March 2012 issue of...
I recently purchased a group of Brazilian counterstamped coins. I've always wanted to have some 'official' counterstamps, and the price for these...
The Assay Commission was abolished in 1980; a time when the US was no longer minting circulating silver and hadn't started to mint bullion (aside...
At the risk of violating 1950's TV rules, I'd like to have a mature discussion about your favorite coins and medals that celebrate the human body....
I'm waiting on a 4 skilling I ordered from Denmark, and I was wondering if anyone with a 19th century Krause book handy can help me find out some...
I recently purchased a pair of MLK medals (bronze and .999 silver) that are in original mint bags from the "Coin & Currency Institute". I'm...
I've always been a bit flummoxed by these - why were some 1967 Canadian coins minted in 80% silver and others in 50%? They both seem to have been...
Does anyone know of a good visual guide to the die varieties on Canadian 5 cent pieces? I recently came across a 1910 and am trying to ID the type...
I just got off the phone with a local "We Buy Gold & Silver" place (a jewelry store in Plano). They have a $60 coupon on $500 of sales, and I...
What the heck. I wonder what is in this mystery lot of 'coins': http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220941205768 I asked the buyer...
I just finished reading "The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep". It was written in 1966, and the main character sells a bunch of pre-WWI gold treasure in...
Anyone want a bunch of 40% silver dimes and quarters? :rollling:...
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