Silver coins are long gone from circulation. The average quarter is in a transaction about every twenty day and more than 5% of the population...
The cent has not worked for 200 years because it quit working decades ago when its value collapsed to the point that it became a drain on the...
These are usually half dollar size and made of bronze or brass plated steel. Most are crudely done with all incuse lettering and are collectively...
I buy all the old Chinese coins I find but haven't put them in a collection yet. Someday I'll sit down and figure out how to collect them....
While this may be a very basic question there eally is no simple answer. Generally higher grades will appreciate more rapidly than lower grades...
I don't really believe in MS-70 on several levels. First is that I don't believe that any coin can be truly perfect. Even if you could show a...
I'm a collector who largely started out as an investor and discovered there's a lot of fun in the coins. I've probably done far better than most...
There's only one way to know what to pay and that is from selling. Until you sell coins you don't really know what they are worth. You are...
You really should take your money and run if you don't agree with MMarotta's post above. If you still want to invest some money in coins than the...
Well, of course society is collapsing and it's been doing it for more than 3,000 years. With any luck it will continue to do so for another three...
It's a modern amusement token. Probably from the 1930's. It's a fairly common type.
I usually try to put a poorer example on top and use some balled up plastic to take up the extra room. There are probably better ways to do it...
If you have any interest in the coins then your best bet is to just start a collection and save the best of each coin you can find. Soon you'll...
Books are a great way to acquire knowledge and knowledge is king in collecting. (hard work and a little luck won't hurt). Don't expect to find...
...or at least the pretender to the throne. ;) The British copper pennys make a great collection and one of my favorites. I wouldn't...
The most exciting thing about coins to me is their ability to pass from person to person randomly. They pick up little signs of their travels and...
When new coins are issued it's not unusual for some potential buyers to miss out. Frequently this and speculation will push the price of new...
It's Philippines .835 silver struck between 1885 and 1898.
The clad quarters were just adjusted this year. They still haven't done much with the smaller denomination coins though.
Read my post again. These coins are in circulation. Not only are these coins circulating without impedance but there are many hundreds of other...
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