Good morning, friends! Got an email from a friend wondering what the heck those coins are above (his subject line was literally: “Fake dimes?!”), and after being stumped Read More
Finds
Dryer Coins For The Win!
| 03/25/2025
Odd/Error Archive
Collections
What to Do With Fake Coins (and Are They Still Worth Anything?)
| 11/01/2024
Good morning! So we’re a year late with this post, haha, but I still wanted to share because I found the whole process of figuring out I had Read More
1700s (& Under)
1700s Mystery Coin?!
| 09/13/2024
A new client of mine shot me a pic of this coin she inherited from her great grandfather (who once worked at a grist mill!), and I immediately Read More
1800s
An 1895 Fake Morgan and More!!
| 09/18/2023
So I finally wrapped up evaluating that collection I mentioned in the last post, and wow – what a doozy! The collection itself was fine (approx. 10 hours Read More
Finds
The Ugliest/Prettiest Coin Holder You’ll Ever See?
| 08/09/2023
I’m looking over a collection for a friend, and saw this double sided coin holder in it! It’s the ugliest – but also the prettiest! – coin holder Read More
2000s
Prop Money Is Flooding Our Town!
| 02/23/2023
Good morning! It’s been a couple of years since our last post here, but I couldn’t help myself to log back in and share this current trend going 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
Finds
Miss Stamped Penny On One Side?
| 04/17/2018
Hey y’all! it’s been a while, eh? Still collecting over there? Get anything new or juicy lately? While I’ve been quite on the blog front here, I’ve definitely 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