Oh man, I had a KILLER time last night meeting up with a fellow coin collector for a few hours. There’s nothing like chatting about coins over some Read More
1800s
Batch of Old U.S. Coins from 1800s
| 03/21/2014
Odd/Error Archive
1900s
Error, Error, Error
| 03/17/2014
I picked up my first 3 error coins! Mistakes from the mint that accidentally went into circulation (until an intrigued person/collector came across it and happily scooped it Read More
Odd/Error
Are You Down With MPC?
| 03/10/2014
AKA Military Payment Certificates? ;) I picked up these bad boys in a recent trade with my friend (the same one who got my $5.00 star notes and Read More
1800s
Reader Mail: Info on a “Jumbo Penny” and Other Specimens
| 03/06/2014
I got a note this week from a friend of mine who started reading my new site here. He’s a fellow collector himself, but mainly of “graffiti dollars” Read More
1800s
My 2 Cents
| 03/04/2014
Remember that $50 credit I got for offloading those $5.00 star notes? Well, this is coin #1 I picked up from my newest coin friend’s stash :) Helping Read More
1900s
The $250,000 Aluminum Penny Found in a Desk Drawer
| 02/25/2014
This latest gold hoard finding reminded me of that 1974-D Aluminum Penny found just last month – the ONLY one in the world verified to exist! Remember that? Read More
Finds
Lot of Twenty $5.00 Bill Star Notes!
| 02/25/2014
So an interesting thing happened to me the other week: I got my hands on 20 – CONSECUTIVE – five dollar bill star notes :) All crisp as Read More