Fancy Serial Numbers and How to Find Rare Money in Pocket Change
The worst thing that could happen after coin roll hunting or bill searching banknotes is that you end up with the same money you started with!
The worst thing that could happen after coin roll hunting or bill searching banknotes is that you end up with the same money you started with!
31 U.S. Code § 5112 – Denominations, specifications, and design of coins (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may mint and issue only the following coins: (1) a dollar coin…
The half dollar, quarter dollar, and dime coins are clad coins with 3 layers of metal. The 2 identical outer layers are an alloy of 75 percent copper and 25…
How to look for to spot the really rare ones!
Notes on Merovingian Tremissis This gold coin dates from between 580AD and 630AD. The Merovingian Dynasty was based in ancient Gaul (which is now France) and dates from the middle…
A policeman who found £15,000 of gold coins with his metal detector has been sacked for cheating the landowner out of a share of the treasure. PC David Cockle last…
Grading Scales Since rare coin quality varies widely, numismatists have adopted several coin-grading methods to assign more specific levels of quality to rare coins. The overwhelmingly popular method to use…
All coins struck in the United States are struck by a pair of dies. A die is a steel rod with a face that is the same size as the…
A regular contributor to that site is Joe Koelling, an enthusiastic collector of both errors and varieties and a dedicated roll-hunter. Koelling has discovered a prodigious number of new die…