Category: 1900s
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The “Z” Collection
As promised, here’s that collection I was working on! I call it the “Z” Collection here, but in my documentation I actually have the client’s name swapped in the quotations which I like cuz it makes it feel more *personal*. And, of course, that’s how all the professionals in the space do it ;) You’ll…
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Show & Tell: Chase’s Silver Collection
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 he could share a little background on it, and his response is shared below the pic. Check out that Covid-19 stamp on that 5 0z. silver bar!…
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What’s This Coin Worth?
“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 the juicy answers buried in emails and chat exchanges though, I thought we’d create a new series here where we post up the coins (or currency) in…
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The Contents of Kyle’s Shoebox!
Three years ago a blogger friend of mine left a comment on this blog teasing about an old box of coins he had inherited: I didn’t think much of it at the time, however, over the years it started garnering more comments about it than any actual blog post I’ve written myself ;) Here’s one…
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Some Good Luck & Alcohol Tokens
What up what up! Came back from our coin club last night with a handful of new tokens I accidentally picked up :) So hard to deny though when there’s pictures of BEER and SKULLS on them!! When do you ever find those on coins??? Here’s some pics on them all, along with a little…
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New U.S. Coins From the 1800’s I Recently Picked Up
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 – is foreign stuff. Well, that changed last week I picked up four (that’s right, 4!) vintage American coins at a coin club auction! Here’s what I…
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Colonials, Spiel Markes, and Notgeld
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 – different – coins for my collection, I came back with the following: 1777 1 Reale Mexican Colonial (Carlos III) 1850’s German Spiel Marke (gaming token) 1918 10…
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Was that 1955 Doubled Die Cent Authentic??
My friend finally got his 1955 Double Died Lincoln Cent back from submitting it PCGS! What do you think it came back as? Authentic? Fake? Uncirculated? Well, wonder no more… Here’s how PCGS graded it: If you’re wondering what “PCGS Genuine” or the “Cleaning” label is as I was (they usually come back with an…
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¡The King Pin Penny!
Got this incredible note from a fellow coin collector this week – can you imagine??? ******* Hey J. Money, It’s been a couple months since we last chatted, hope you and your family are all well. So I think we left off just before I got my $1,000 worth of half dollars. Long story short,…
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Ooh La La! French Francs!
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… I’m not sure why I separated them out from the package they came in, but they sure are pretty to look at! Something about “vintage” and “France”…
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