I suspect it's not a coin, but rather a token of some sort.
That's a great story, Randy. Always good to see kids get jazzed about coins. Those dealers are nice guys, but they're also savvy businessmen who...
I'll second that motion. And if the collecting bug doesn't hold for the long haul, @Dnna would still have a set of coins that would always hold...
Blindfolded chimps tossing darts could do as good a job as those "specialists." Just based on my experience, anyway. Your mileage may vary.
I think that's a terrific place to start. Personal connections are a great way to focus your collecting interests. Right now on Ebay you can buy...
As others have suggested, you do need to invest some time in the learning process. However, here's a simple tip that can spare you from much of...
Perhaps I'm misremembering, but didn't we recently address this in another thread about your German mark with a $750 catalog value?
Well, not exactly.
I have a hard time believing USPS packaging is truly free. In a normal business model, the cost of those materials would be factored into the...
I feel extremely confident "?" will come out the winner.
I'm surprised nobody has cast a vote in the poll yet.
Three suggestions: 1) Resist the urge to look at coins under intense magnification. It'll lead you see things that aren't really there. 2) As...
Same here.
I consider it a "need to know" hobby. And other than my wife and kids, I haven't found a compelling reason to let anyone else know about it. Not...
This right here, Randy. How many times on this forum have we seen threads from the sons and daughters of deceased collectors: "Help! My dad died...
I figure the fewer people who know I collect coins, the safer my collection is.
If I were you I'd close the book on book value. I don't know how Krause or the NGC World Coin Price Guide arrive at their numbers, but I've seen...
Some of us don't. I haven't collected date/mint mark sets since I was about 8 years old plugging holes in a Whitman folder. And that was a long,...
@KSorbo, thanks for posting. That's one of the most spectacular coins I've seen in quite some time. World coins never cease to surprise!
YouTube is my go-to source... ...for music videos.
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