Category: Foreign Coins
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My Favorite Type of Letter :)
As my safe digging continues, I’m finding all kinds of lost relics just waiting to be appreciated again :) This time, a note from fellow blogger DoneByForty.com who graciously mailed me this last year and to whom I, too, need to send apologies to for an even longer delay! Sorry about that bud! To help…
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Bag of Old British & Canadian Coins!
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 and forgetting to have fun, and now that I’ve had some time to stop and reflect a bit I’ve been able to appreciate things again. And one…
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“To Counterfeit is DEATH.”
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 at it the more I thought it would be cool to own in my collection. So we made a trade! In fact, I ended up with two…
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Latest Trade: 1834 Capped Bust Half Dime!
(Be honest – you’re reading this cuz I said “bust” aren’t you? ;)) I picked up a beauty this week, friends! An 1834 “bust” half dime. Because America was too cool for nickels back in the day, haha… And they apparently liked their coins small! These things have to be some of the tiniest coins…
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9 Questions with… 9 y/o Ethan!
What up, what up coin lovers! I’m beyond thrilled to share with y’all today’s 9 Questions, featuring someone not only super passionate and AWESOME at collecting coins, but who’s also shockingly young at that. Meet Ethan. My new favorite 9 year old! :) (That’s him holding a stash of coins he found while metal detecting…
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9 Questions w/ Australian Simon
Hey guys! Got another great “9 Questions” for you today – this one coming all the way from Australia :) Fellow collector Simon stopped by today to drop some knowledge on pennies and other Australian coins he collects. If you’d like to be a featured collector on this site, just click here and submit over…
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My New 1806 “Draped Bust” Half Cent
(Coins were so risqué back in the day, eh? ;)) This is the latest jewel in my collection, and one I’ve been trying to get off a buddy of mine for a while. I’m not sure if I just caught him in a good mood, or my offer this time around was better (or, perhaps, he…
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The World’s Smallest Coin?
Say hello to my new little friend! A 1 and 1/2 Pence piece from Great Britain, circa 1836! And, quite frankly, the tiniest coin I’ve ever seen before… Look how cute she is! (Yes, she’s a “she” :)) I picked it up for $27 worth of trade (it’s worth about $33 in “VF” grade), and…
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Are You For Reale?
I picked up 3 new foreign coins to add to my collection – with one of them being a Mexican Reale (ya see what I did there?). I’m typically a U.S. collector, but when I’m shown beautiful old coins I just can’t help myself :) Especially when giving away mint sets that I could care…
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How to Appreciate Your Coins More
I thought I’d share with you today something else I do with my coins after I pick them up in a trade or buy/etc. I recently blogged about *where* they all go as far as which collection of mine (the “box” vs the “binder”), but before any of my lovelies go into either, I keep…
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