I recently picked up this nice 1892 Columbian half dollar. These coins are plentiful in high grades and I just think they're cool. The obverse of...
Here's a close-up of the reverse of a newly acquired coin of mine. Can anyone correctly identify it? :pompous: [ATTACH]
I was pretty pleased to add this one to my collection of colonial Africa coins. A half-rupee minted for the IBEAC - Imperial British East Africa...
As I venture more into the realm of modern world and US coins, the question of "details" coins comes up. Coins that are deemed to be defective in...
Hello everyone! I hope your day/weekend has been going well. I'm delighted to have recently acquired this scarce, high-priority coin for my...
For some reason, this little silver obol from Massalia has really gone to town with the toning in the three years it's sat in my coin cabinet. It...
Here's a coin I recently picked up. A 1927 Australian Florin, commemorating the opening of the new Parliament House in Canberra. It's an...
Here's a coin I recently picked up, with a fascinating history steeped in the British colonial adventurism of the 18th and 19th centuries....
Here's a coin I picked up some time ago. I think it's pretty neat: a replica of the famous 1793 Flowing Hair Chain Cent, which was the first...
Hello everyone! I hope your week has been going well. Today I have an unusual item to show. Some of you may know that I enjoy collecting coins of...
This past week I had the opportunity to visit an actual brick-and-mortar coin store - the first time I can remember doing so! Liberty Bell Coin...
One of my more recent acquisitions happens to be slabbed, so I thought I'd post a guess-the-grade here. Bahamas 1966 1 Dollar PCGS photo:...
Here's a special coin type I've been wanting for awhile: Muscat & Oman copper 1/4 anna, dated AH 1311 (AD 1893-4). [ATTACH] MUSCAT AND OMAN Time...
I recently added another rare, high-priority coin for my collection: an 1892 silver 5 shillings coin from the South Africa Republic. With an...
This recent acquisition has definitely become a collection favorite - a little cupro-nickel 5 centavos token, minted in the late 1800s for a...
I have an interesting one today – a penny token minted in 1794 for M. Lambe & Son, Tea Dealers and Grocers of Bath in Somerset. [ATTACH] GREAT...
Right now, I have my eye on two different coins from two different dealers. Both silver, and both are roughly the same price (around $250) Coin 1...
I was really chuffed, as they say, to be able to acquire this special coin: an 1894 silver 2 Rupien minted for the German East Africa Company....
I really like these coins from the island colonies of the New World. This one is from Bermuda and dated 1793, a few years after the end of the...
Though it was only mid-morning, the tropical sun had risen quickly, becoming a ball of white fire suspended high over the shimmering turquoise...
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