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The farther back you go the more individual each coin becomes and that means more work for the discerning collector to pick the best examples. Before machine struck, hubbed dies, each die was hand pu… (View Post)

Well stated. I hate to see all the books and articles that suggest that there's a lot of money to be made by collecting coins. My freebie for joining the ANA was a book that had "How to mak… (View Post)

Milled coinage started in 1662, or 1657 if you include Blondeau's issues for Cromwell. That, with the lettered edges to curtail clipping greatly increased the difficulty of making counterfeits, … (View Post)

Pre-retirement hobby: coin collecting, Post-retirement hobby: coin selling, but slowly. I won't burden my heirs with something they will have a difficult time getting a good value from. (View Post)

With the exception of that shiny piece of bullion, a superb set of historic, old circulated coins and it's not surprising that those are top pops here, given what most collectors like to have ou… (View Post)