I've been purchasing one of these for the past 5 years or so and every year I need to find a place that has the best price.I know I've seen input...
I was feeling extravagant today so I picked up this little coin that I've had my eye on for a while. It's a "tremissis" or 1/3 of a "solidus",the...
My sisters and I are in the process of sorting out and doing an inventory of my father's stuff.Thankfully,he's still with us at almost 87 but...
I picked this up today at the coin shop.It's from the Bombay mint in India and ones like it were minted in Calcutta as well. The mint mark is...
I found this little guy at the coin store today.There was no identification of the particular ruler but it was certainly from the era of Xerxes...
The remaining three orders I've been waiting for all showed up in one big pile in the mailbox today. Two observations: I really think I like all...
Since I have the other 12 "basic" Euro sets,I figured I might as well add the newest,Slovenia.They are actually quite a bit nicer than any of the...
My Friday coin shop visit yielded these two pieces.I'm constantly surprised with what this place comes up with. Charles I shilling:this one is a...
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I took my usual Friday afternoon trip to the store to see what I could find to appease my addiction. To my surprise,they actually had some new...
Hello everybody! Here's the story. I received a $100 PayPal gift certificate for ebay from one of my nieces and her hubby. I'm having trouble...
I couldn't find any ancient coins today so in order to feed my addiction,I went through the modern foreign stuff and picked up these two pieces,a...
I bought this today and the flip it was in says China and the price ($18)...nothing else.I went to my trusty Krause and looked it up.If I got it...
I found these in my stocking Christmas morning and nobody in my family will own up to putting them there.They all seemed genuinely surprised and...
I found this parody of "Night Before Christmas" on Coin Galaxy,so all due credit to them.I'm sure they won't mind sharing with fellow coin nuts...
I picked this one up today.It is a Double Denarius,larger than a nickel,smaller than a quarter, of Philip I who ruled from 244-249 and,with his...
do anyone of you know any dates for the designs liberty head nickel sheild nickel buffalo nickel indian head penny or earlier in proof that i...
Just got back from the show which was held in the Ernst Community Center on the campus of Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale,Va. It...
OK...I was looking this coin up in Krause and was amazed to see that in F,it's worth $6, in VF it's $12 and in XF it's a $50 coin.What is your grade?
This guy is known as the worst of the persecuters of the early Christians,along with a couple of his co-emperors. You'd think that karma would...
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