Good morning! An old friend recently shared this with me and thought it was too cool not to forward along :) One of the first coins I ever Read More
1700s (& Under)
Show & Tell: Spanish Shipwreck Coin from 1755
| 04/16/2021
Silver Coins Archive
1800s
Show & Tell: Chase’s Silver Collection
| 04/05/2021
Good morning, coin friends! A reader of my personal newsletter shot me a pic of his collection and I thought you’d enjoy seeing it :) Asked him if Read More
Finds
A Coin Collection Story
| 03/25/2021
Hey guys! Got a fun little story emailed to me recently and made me think of y’all :) I know I’ve been M.I.A. for a while, but let’s Read More
1800s
A Button Pretending to Be a Coin, and a Coin Pretending to Be a Pin!
| 04/30/2018
Came across two items lately I couldn’t help but find interesting :) A button from a button jar I picked up at a yard sale over the weekend Read More
Bullion
The Never-Ending Coin Club! [UPDATE: Now Closed]
| 01/05/2018
Hey coin friends! Happy New Year!! It’s been a while since my last post here, but I’m back in action after rearranging my life/career more, and I’m happy Read More
1800s
New U.S. Coins From the 1800’s I Recently Picked Up
| 12/12/2016
Told you I’d be back! :) As much as I love (and collect) older U.S. Coins, it seems all I’ve been picking up lately here – and sharing Read More
1800s
Ooh La La! French Francs!
| 05/09/2016
The safe pillaging moves on! This time around I find three long lost Francs in the back of my safe dating from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s… Read More
1800s
Bag of Old British & Canadian Coins!
| 04/27/2016
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve gotten re-energized about my coins and currency lately :) I had gotten off track for a while, focusing on the wrong things Read More
1700s (& Under)
“To Counterfeit is DEATH.”
| 04/24/2016
How’s that for discouraging counterfeiting :) I saw this line at the top of an old colonial note a friend had shown me, and the more I looked Read More
1900s
A Barber Dime in the Drive-Thru!
| 04/06/2016
Look what my friend Greg found!! Saw him mention it in his blog’s newsletter the other day and asked if he’d elaborate on it for us… Here’s how Read More