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 me get closer to owning one of each “odd” denomination the U.S. has produced too – I’m thrilled! Most people ... [Full Post]
One of my favorite things about collecting, besides the coins themselves, are the people and history behind them. There’s a reason columns such as “coin finds” (in Coins magazine) had to double their page space recently – people enjoy hearing the adventures of coin collectors! We love hearing ... [Full Post]
UPDATE: These Saddle Ridge gold coins are now up for sale @ Amazon! Imagine this: You’re walking your dog around your OWN yard, and it doggy digs a hole right into a pot of gold! Full of double eagles over 150 years old!! WOWW!!! Okay, well I don’t ... [Full Post]
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? Apparently a guy (Randy Lawrence) inherited it, along with his dad’s coin collection, and after 30+ years of it just ... [Full Post]
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 can be, and all for only $100 in trade! A friend of mine works at a restaurant, and apparently he ... [Full Post]
This is the most recent addition to my collection :) And the story behind it is pretty interesting… A few weeks ago I came across a new (to me) financial blog, and as a coin collector I really liked its name: 2-Copper-Coins.com. At first I was just paying ... [Full Post]
So only a few hours after finding (and turning over) that newer looking $20 bill, my trip to the bank pays off with this 1995 old school twenty! After asking the teller those few, yet calculated, words we always pray works out: “Have anything cool or old looking?” ... [Full Post]
That was the good news…. The bad news? I also found a kid only a handful of steps away from it :( Though you never can tell when you ask someone “Is this your money?” The answer will almost certainly be a YES ;) I did check it ... [Full Post]
I recently got a kick-ass package in the mail from a fellow blogger (and bank teller!), Ben from The Wealth Gospel. I had known he was sending me something since he had emailed me a few weeks back, but I thought at most it would be 4-5 coins. ... [Full Post]