My kids let me rummage through their piggy bank today and I came across this 1910 Lincoln. Looks to be in pretty nice shape for something that’s...
Thought it was ironic that my kid goes to a birthday party where $2 dollar bills were given out as prizes in some of the party games and she comes...
My own impression is that people are drawn to nazi era coins for the same reasons so many people are fascinated by true crime documentary TV shows...
Was looking to add to the ol’ silver stockpile and was looking for the cheapest coins. I was very surprised to find how expensive junk Peace and...
Just a word of caution on lucky finds of paper currency on the ground. A few months ago I found a folded one dollar bill in a parking lot, and...
Thanks for the replies. Can someone explain what is meant by “dipping”?
I noticed a bit of tarnish forming on the edge of this coin. I subsequently placed it in a non-PVC plastic saflip coin flip, but the tarnishing...
Found these in the Leave a Penny/ Take a Penny tray at the counter at a local convenience store. The wheats are all 1940s and 1950s dates. Nothing...
Stopped at a brick and mortar coin shop while out doing errands this weekend to see about picking up some junk silver pre-64 halves for the ol’...
I’ve always found coinage from Mexico to be interesting and was thinking about adding some Mexican silver coinage to my collection. I really know...
I live in a state bordering Canada. Used to see Canadian nickels regularly. Nowadays, seems like most of the ones I come across are the new crummy...
There is a good book called “The Mandibles” by Lionel Shriver which came out a few years ago. Its about an obnoxious rich family who becomes...
So cool you can still find coins like that in circulation. Nice…
This afternoon I received in my change from the gas station a 2019 War in the Pacific quarter with a W mintmark. I so seldom see these that I am...
So this morning I was out taking care of the hum-drum task of buying lightbulbs at the hardware store, but while in line to check out, my ears...
In the past few months I’ve found a 1943 steel penny and a very worn Buffalo nickel in the coinstar reject bin at my local grocery store
Before checking out the CT forums, it never occurred to me to check the coinstar “reject “ bin at the coinstar machine I walk by every week at the...
While I don’t expect it will be significantly profitable to hoard nickels due to their metal content, I am nevertheless holding on to all the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] After months of scrutinizing my pocket change, I got a 2020 quarter with the W mint mark in my change from buying a muffin and...
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