For comparison, NGC graded this one MS 64, but I'm pretty sure that they use market grading, not condition grading, so it may be moot. I've never...
This Byzantine has a few gouges in the flan, but I overall like what remains of the portraits. The text, at least the one section not missing,...
Modern coins that rot in front of our eyes helps to manifest their growing irrelevance. Pocket change exists today to make change and really for...
Another Theophilus Æ Follis came into my life. These things just seem to happen. I particularly liked the portrait on this one, with its very...
I had yet to see even a somewhat decent portrait of Justin I in my Byzantine travels so far, but the one below looked "good enough" for me. The...
The shocking sizes of money throughout the ages never fails to amaze me. My two smallest coins include a James I half penny (1607 - 1609) and a...
The last thing bought from the US mint was the 2019 Apollo 11 50th anniversary commemorative. So far, it's looking like that will remain,...
Constans II, the more than adequately bearded... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Constans II (641-668), AE Follis / 40 Nummi, Syracuse, 652-3, AE 23-27mm. 6g....
Extremely sad to hear. Like many, I didn't know him personally, but he seemed like a good guy.
The highest graded coin that I have is a 1942 D Mercury - NGC MS 67 FB with a CAC green beaner. This type vaulted me into coin collecting at a...
Interesting thread - my first ever thread from September 2008 in the Introductions forum....
I'm one of those people that never have any cash. I've lived that way for years now. It happened organically, I didn't plan it. I just realized...
I'd like to keep up my habit of remaining extremely picky about what I buy. In 2022, I added only 8 coins to my pile, but I really dug every...
ASEs do at least contain silver, a commodity, so they should, at minimum, always be worth their silver content value. EFTs and Beanie Babies are...
Out of all 8 coins that I picked up in 2022, this one sticks out the most for me. I have absolutely nothing else like it and it's (so far) the...
Wow. I had not looked in a while, but I came on the year after you did, but my total posts add up to only about 10% of yours. I guess one of us...
I used to buy this book because it contained Canadian and Mexican coins, along with US, in a single volume. I haven't bought it for a number of...
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I possess no colorized coins, mostly because I honestly just don't like them. It seems very hard for them not to cross the line directly into...
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