Welcome to our 2nd ever coin collector interview! And, just like the 1st one we did (on myself), this one’s a bit quirky too :) Because you see, Read More
9 Questions...
9 Questions with… Len Penzo
| 03/13/2014
Jay Archive
Foreign Coins
Where I Keep All My Coins
| 03/12/2014
I don’t know why, but this will probably be my favorite post I write on this site. There’s something so voyeuristic about seeing where people hoard their things Read More
Odd/Error
Are You Down With MPC?
| 03/10/2014
AKA Military Payment Certificates? ;) I picked up these bad boys in a recent trade with my friend (the same one who got my $5.00 star notes and Read More
1800s
Reader Mail: Info on a “Jumbo Penny” and Other Specimens
| 03/06/2014
I got a note this week from a friend of mine who started reading my new site here. He’s a fellow collector himself, but mainly of “graffiti dollars” Read More
1800s
My 2 Cents
| 03/04/2014
Remember that $50 credit I got for offloading those $5.00 star notes? Well, this is coin #1 I picked up from my newest coin friend’s stash :) Helping Read More
9 Questions...
9 Questions with… J. Money
| 02/26/2014
One of my favorite things about collecting, besides the coins themselves, are the people and history behind them. There’s a reason columns such as “coin finds” (in Coins Read More
1800s
Breaking News: Couple Finds $10 Million in Gold Coins In Their Yard
| 02/25/2014
UPDATE: These Saddle Ridge gold coins are now up for sale @ Amazon! Imagine this: You’re walking your dog around your OWN yard, and it doggy digs a Read More
1900s
The $250,000 Aluminum Penny Found in a Desk Drawer
| 02/25/2014
This latest gold hoard finding reminded me of that 1974-D Aluminum Penny found just last month – the ONLY one in the world verified to exist! Remember that? Read More
Finds
Lot of Twenty $5.00 Bill Star Notes!
| 02/25/2014
So an interesting thing happened to me the other week: I got my hands on 20 – CONSECUTIVE – five dollar bill star notes :) All crisp as Read More
1700s (& Under)
Widow’s Mite
| 02/23/2014
This is the most recent addition to my collection :) And the story behind it is pretty interesting… A few weeks ago I came across a new (to Read More