It is the king of hobbies and the hobby of kings. What's not to like? Many coin collectors are fun & intelligent folk. It is the only hobby...
I like it very much & I agree with Merc Crazy's opinion.
Widow's mite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesson_of_the_widow%27s_mite Tyre Sheckel (30 pieces of silver)...
I see five was the limit but I snuck-in a sixth coin.
This thread goes back to when BnB was posting. :rollling: These are some of my favorites:
That would make sense if Jason is going to make it his business. I think that the first step would be to contact the show organizer & see what...
They have this thing in Australia called the Internet. Please get onto their Internet and type www.cointalk.com & say hello from time to time.
Hello Jason, The high end dealers may hire off duty police. They pay the local police department & the police department pays their police...
The coins were issued by the millions for hundreds of years. Often they were hidden by the owner & then the owner may have died suddenly leaving...
Nobody has guessed the grade 17 posts and nobody has asked to see the reverse. Nobody detected any rub on the high points or asked about signs of...
It is a pretty standard Baush & Lomb stereo microscope with zoom. The zoom is adjustable from 0.7x to 3.5x. I don't recall exactly but I think...
Way cool Ms67*
I don't typically get to the US coin section but saw the link in coin chat. I'll guess FS-01-1995-101 MS66 RED.
Here is a nice half dime set which was exhibited at FUN in January 2006.
TheCoinGeezer has a knack for picking good coins.
Same coin & same grade Yep. The PCGS coin was pretty dark so I asked NCS if they could lighten it up. Hindsight is always 20-20. Now the...
IMHO you must have a red book if you collect US coins. Also, in my opinion, it does not have to be the most current edition. I have one that is...
If you spend more time at CoinTalk than you do with your family, then you may be a coin junkie.
TLA is a Three Letter Acronym for Three Letter Acronym. :)
I don't have any more details for you. The English pound has been plagued by counterfeits for years. Hong Kong has battled counterfeit HK$10...
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