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
1800s
Show & Tell: Chase’s Silver Collection
| 04/05/2021
1800s Archive
1800s
What’s This Coin Worth?
| 03/31/2021
“What’s this coin worth?” The most popular question in collecting :) And one which I’m asked almost weekly by friends, family and countrymen! Rather than continuing to keep 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
1800s
Half a Penny For Your Thoughts?
| 04/19/2018
Got this coin for Xmas and keep meaning to share it with you: A half a penny – hah! Crudely cut, and at least 160 years old as Read More
1700s (& Under)
New Trade: 1835 Half Cent for 18th Century Gold Fanam & Cash
| 09/22/2017
Did a trade the other day I thought you’d find interesting :) I had picked up this 1835 “Classic Head” half cent years ago when I first started Read More
1800s
The Coin Necklace Heirloom!
| 08/07/2017
This is a post about two very surprising things that happened recently: one awesome one, and one not so awesome one ;) Let’s start with the awesome, shall Read More
1800s
Still Alive and Collecting! You?
| 08/02/2017
It’s been about 5 months since our last posting here (sorry!), but to my collection’s delight I’m still very much collecting and immersing myself into this wide wonderful 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
1700s (& Under)
Colonials, Spiel Markes, and Notgeld
| 09/05/2016
What’s up, coin lovers! Picked up a few coins at our latest coin club auction and thought you’d enjoy checking them out. In pursuit of finding older – 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