It’s a sunny day in Connecticut & perfect for giving some love to coins that may have been neglected through the winter. Here is a great coin that...
This Coin spoke to me at the last coin show. It is a France 20 Franc from 1934 in uncirculated condition. The art deco design is cool IMHO....
[ATTACH] This last weekend we took the ancient highway (I-84) to the Danbury Connecticut coin show. This is another little coin from the show....
[ATTACH] Is my scale wildly out of calibration? The Sear book shows the Ionia Tetartemorion at c. 0.4 grams and this coin is weighing-in at 0.06...
I’ve always been a fan of the Great Britain bi-metal Model Penny so it was no surprise when this coin spoke to me. Have you seen one of these...
Collect89 Collect20 in 2019: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] PHOENICIA, Arados AR Stater 380-352 B.C. 10.55 grams [ATTACH] [ATTACH] PHOENICIA, Tyre AR...
Modern proof coins are made with specially prepared planchets and are often struck twice by freshly polished dies. The term proof is a method of...
horse·feath·ers is a plural noun which means nonsense or balderdash. See also baloney, malarkey, and hokum. In the example today I refer to the...
Check-out this new Connecticut tokens book in the coin chat forum:...
I just got my copy of the new Connecticut token book by Manuel Ayala. I've already used it to look-up all my Connecticut tokens and every one was...
This obol is by far my favorite find at last weeks coin show. This little elephant headdress was buried under a few trays & almost got left...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Pamphilia, Side AR Stater ca. 5th Century B.C. 10.77 grams Obv: Pomegranate in beaded border. Rev: Athena right...
[ATTACH] Please help me out here guys I’ve got this coin set which is one of the many “coin sets of all nations” from the Franklin mint It is...
We were shopping around the coin bourse Sunday & this shekel of Tyre spoke to me. It is now making friends with the other ancient coins in my...
I just returned from a short trip to Dublin and Berlin. In the little spare time that I had available we visited the Bode Museum in Berlin. Here...
Scarf (transitive verb) scarf (scarfed, scarfing, scarfs) eat greedily to eat or drink something greedily or noisily (slang) I’ll keep this post...
I got this dime (rather cheaply) at a coin show this weekend. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Let’s see some split dies and big cud coins. :) Please post...
This weekend ANoob & I attended the Liberty Coin Show in West Haven, Connecticut. A mutual friend met us at the show & gave us each a meteorite.:)...
This is my third coin from last weekend’s coin hunt. I don’t normally go after Roman coins but this nice Republic spoke to me through the...
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