Terrible to do to a trade dollar, but the most inexcusable polished coin I ever saw was at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. It was many years ago -...
The dime made it "non-machinable" - there is a 20 cent surcharge for that. But back to using old stamps. In the past year, I have used 14 cent...
I'd go with "quatramillennium". OK, I just made up that word. Actual term is "quarter-millennium".
But...but ... When I was 8 years old, I clapped hard, and right there on the stage, Tinker Bell came back to life.
Whenever I see a bitcoin discussion, I get this mental image of Wile E. Coyote running off a cliff. Everything is fine as long as he doesn't look...
Yes, I like my sovereigns [especially young heads] and 20 francs, but mostly I have a ton [well, actually a couple of pounds] of Austria/Hungary...
Half sovereigns tend to go for a slight premium. People do like the smaller coins. Headline from Dec. 21, 1924 New York Times [p.6]: "$2.50...
It's the late 1960's, Superior is still in downtown LA on Wilshire Blvd., and parking is 20c per half hour [if you can't find a meter - 25c per...
"Two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar, all those for [insert name of your team here] stand up and holler." OK, I haven't heard that cheer in 60...
My 1853 C $5 gold piece. I guess it really isn't mine any more, since I gave it to my wife about 25 years ago. She must wear it about half the...
Been done, here as fiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Man
Banks, businesses and other "big money" people were into Credit Default Swaps and other derivates big time in 2007-2008. That worked out well....
I am old enough to have been collecting dollars when the GSA put up the Morgan CC's for sale. Even though hundreds of thousand of CC's hit the...
Bitcoin is a mechanism by which wealth is transferred from late entrants to early entrants. That is, it's a pyramid scheme, like Ponzi, [monetary]...
I think you just beat me out for the "most misdirected mail" award. My entry was Tennessee to North Carolina, three months to arrive, stamped...
What I love is when the BEP includes a COA with an intaglio print. Really, I doubt that anyone who can successfully fake a security-printer's...
You can search Greysheet [or grey sheet] on eBay under coins and Paper Money/ Publications and Supplies and maybe find a slightly older one for...
As I noted in my post, I MADE UP the numbers to illustrate the principle used to reach the 5 to one ratio, not as actual numbers the cleric used....
[ATTACH] I always found it somewhat strange that Roman or Greek cons found in Turkey are considered inviolate Turkish cultural heritage, and...
I submit that this is a "cool" star note, despite its crappy condition:[ATTACH] Anyone got a better "Lucky Eights" star silver certificate?
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