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Washington Diplomatic Medal (a restrike)

not sure how to roll this one out...any opinions?

Small Date Lincoln Cents

Hello, fellow coin collectors! I have been fascinated with coin varieties for a while now, and thought I would share some with you. Maybe this will help someone who is confused with Small Date and Large Date Lincoln cents and of course I always enjoy...

OT: IRMA

To all the eBay C&PM posters here in Florida......hope you weather the hurricane. I left Ft. Lauderdale Thursday morning for Gainesville. A typical 5-1/2 hour trek took 10 hours. The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore didn't show up in my neighborhood, so...

Roll call

Hi!I used to be a frequent user of this forum many years ago. I see that it’s now back, but not with the same level of activity that once was. I miss many of the former regulars here, and sometimes wonder how they are doing. I can see that some peopl...

EUROPA C&O #416 CASALE MONFERRATO GROSSO 1612-1626.

25 de Agosto 2019: Greetings to all coin collectors where-ever you might be!Heron is please to report receiving Europa Central & Oest coin issuing entity#416. Yes, a Grosso issued by the Gonzaga family for Casale Monferrato.Casale Monferrato was a sm...

Coins in the news.....................

WOWZER.............."What's in your wallet?" https://us.cnn.com/style/article/rare-dime-auction-trnd/index.html

EURO C&O #415 BRESLAU BISTUM GROSCHEN 1508 SILVER.

18 de Agosto 2019: Greetings to all coin collectors where-ever you are!Heron is pleased to report a really neat interesting coin with a lot of history.It has full date of 1508. It is Silver and 28mm dia. It is Breslau Furstentumin what was the Kingdo...

Slabbed coins by INB

OK. I know (now) that INB grades aren't reliable. But, I took a flyer and bought a lot of 100 slabbed coins for $200 that are "graded" by INB. My real question is: Would it be better to:Keep them slabbed and tagged and sell them as INB graded?Keep th...

since 6 months i m not able to buy any banknotes.

since last six months m not been able to buy any banknotes. but other things are readily available . can someone explain any policy chANGE WHILE SELLING BANKNOTES TO INDIA

EURO C&O #414 - ORANIEN:NASSAU - 5 KREUZER - 1766.

7 de Agosto 2019: Greetings to all coin collectors where-ever you might be.el Heron is very pleased to report the addition of Central and Eastern Europedifferent issuing entity number 414. It is an interesting item from an interestingcoin issuing are...

Semper Paratus

Today, August 4th, is U.S. Coast Guard Day, established in 1790.I suppose if you live in Topeka, Meh !Here in Ft. Liquordale, the CG is very active and part of our community.elheron.....are you celebrating?

1897 straits settlement 50 cents

I can only find the 97-H, not the plain. Anyone know if it is rare? Hate to list for $25 if it's worth $125. Seems unlikely but I do not know anything about this coin. Is value similar to the 97-H? thx!

Resolved! Scrubbing bubbles?

any scrubbing bubbles out there?? Don't get me wrong, I am NOT talking about cleaning any coins here.Just that these always take me forever to figure out. Except for the GB coin, that one should not have been in the pic.

Resolved! token around

I can handle most of these however I can't find info on the "screws for paper" one...hee heeIs it a better one? anyone out there have the goods on it -or book for comparison if it is run of the mill /plough token?

Numismatic Library

I just acquired this hard-bound reprint of Dalton & Hamer's catalogue of British Provincial Tokens (aka Conder Tokens) to my numismatic library. It is fantabulous ! Having got bored with collecting Morgan Dollars, over the past several years, I have ...