Category: Gold Coins
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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 Never-Ending Coin Club! [UPDATE: Now Closed]
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 to say that coin collecting/talking has made the cut ;) Although of course once a coin collector, always a coin collector! (Heyo!) So we’re back at it…
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New Trade: 1835 Half Cent for 18th Century Gold Fanam & Cash
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 collecting and didn’t know what the heck I was doing (“buy the book before the coin,” right?) and finally after multiple attempts I was able to find…
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Two Rare (Gold) Coins To Drool Over…
Okay, so if you thought that 1955 Doubled Die Penny from last month was rare, check out these bad boys! Going for $299,000 and $95,000, respectfully! (It’s always fun to dream, right?) 1966 limited edition (and signed!) Salvador Dali gold medal set Two extremely rare 22 Karat gold coins weighing about 17 oz each and…
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What It’s Like to Be a Coin Dealer
(Hey guys! Got an awesome guest post for you today from my new friend – and coin dealer – Jesse Gernigin. We’ve been emailing back and forth a bit, and when I asked if he’d ever be willing to share what it’s like to own your own shop (something I’m sure we’ve all dreamed about…
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If You Like Gold and/or Pirates…
Enter my giveaway I’m doing over at my finance blog, BudgetsAreSexy.com. We’re giving away a 1/10 oz. American Gold Eagle coin, along with a cool pirate book and 2 hour consulting session. But me thinks you scalleywags would like to make off with mainly the coin, am I right? Try to win it here: Pirates…
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Lucky Gold Coin
The other day I hosted a “Ask J. Money Day” where people sent in questions – no matter of what nature – and I’d answer them. One such reader chimed in with questions on valuing paper currency (which I’ll put in a different post), and then after some back and forth I learned about a…
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