It's far more dumb to not ask questions than to ask dumb questions. :D But there are no dumb questions, so don't worry. We've all been there. As...
There is a lot to learn in this hobby. Becoming "fluent" takes some time and some knowledge. I have collected just about everything (metal and...
I guess the 1935 G I have is a "Pious Note?" :D The notes with the motto are less common than the ones without, but calling them "rare" seems like...
This coin features 4 emperors. On the front, Leo IV and the future Constantine VI. On the back, the deceased Leo III and Constantine V. The whole...
After quite a bit of searching, asking around at banks, and determined not to pay $3-$5 for a single example of a coin that should be in...
Thank you! It was a fun small side collection to put together. Strangely, I had the hardest time finding a nice, uncreased 1953 example....
When I started buying US banknotes a few years ago, I soon realized that acquiring a full typeset of any denomination would require heavy funds....
I know of no French issues featuring Bardot, but I'm guessing that will change pretty soon (her appearance on a banknote might be more likely)....
This reminds me of the person who paid over $500,000 for supposedly the last football the then retired Tom Brady would ever use. Not long after,...
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Canada went polymer in 2011, starting with the largest denomination notes and working down. The $5 became polymer in 2013. I remember friends from...
I have this feeling somehow he'll continue on. Reading the article, this never seemed like a job to him. He said he never felt like he worked a...
I bought the following coin at the HJB offices a few years ago. It's one of those Byzantine "good enough for the type" examples. I liked the...
The quantity of metal used for this anonymous follis brings its weight to 20.02g. On average, the series has a weight of 15g. Yet this one also...
Since this thread has expanded past US high denomination bills, the 10,000 Yen note is the highest denomination ever issued in Japan. Here are...
A local coin show I used to attend only had 5 or 6 tables. This remained a consistent number through a number of visits, and seemed to involve the...
Wow. Nice mutilation find. Thanks for sharing. I inherited the mutilation specimen below. The people it came from, now gone, owned metal working...
I have seen a number of 2025 coins in the wild. And I never use cash or coins these days, so, if I've seen them, they must exist in decent enough...
One of my favorite Anonymous types in my pile. The detail on the beard is pretty amazing. I used a macro lens to film this, but I don't know if it...
Not one of the more prominent of the Byzantine emperors, Michael I ruled for just under two years from 811 to 813. Historians don't seem overly...
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