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Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Early Silver Dollars & Grading Issues - CoinWeek (blog)

Coin Rarities & Related Topics: Early Silver Dollars & Grading Issues
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An interesting aspect of this coin is that it has been traced, perhaps with the use of Logies' book on 1794 Silver Dollars, to auctions that were conducted in 1866 and 1882! Coin collecting was a very popular hobby in the second half of the 19th ...


This week's letters (02/21/12) - Numismatic News

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This week's letters (02/21/12)
Numismatic News
Now I don't know how many collectors gather these coins, but I don't know how many collectors gather coins like the 1796 dime, yet the price for such is in your magazine. While I realize this may already be in the makings (and I hope it is), ...
Mint Production Soars in 2011NumisMaster.com

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How Are Coin Collecting Patterns Changing? - CoinWeek (blog)

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How Are Coin Collecting Patterns Changing?
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By Mark Ferguson on January 26, 2012 11:13 AM By Mark Ferguson for CoinWeek – MFRareCoins.com Coin collecting habits, and the patterns with which we collect, have been constantly evolving over the decades. During the 1960s collecting was very much ...
My silver coins mint me moneyNew Straits Times
Community Voice Responses (02/14/2012)Numismatic News

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Business Insight: The many sides of turning coins into cash - Salt Lake Tribune

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Business Insight: The many sides of turning coins into cash
Salt Lake Tribune
Steve Deeds, founder of Morgan Gold, a California-based company that specializes in gold coinage,says that in a down economy many people find a hobby or investment in the precious metal content of coins. Coin collecting is one of the most rewarding ...
Primary Differences Between Investing in Bullion Coins and Collector CoinsCoinWeek (blog)

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The Probabilities of Pennies - Wired News

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The Probabilities of Pennies
Wired News
But how special is it to find a coin of a certain vintage? More generally, many coin collectors start out trying to collect pennies from every year within a given range, just like how many people try to collect quarters from every US state.


Coin collecting, then and now - Nevada Appeal

Coin collecting, then and now
Nevada Appeal
To begin collecting, all you really need to do is find something you like, start buying, and keep track of what you have. There are lots of coins that may never go up in value, but that should not be the only reason to collect.


To coin a phase: Father and son collect, make money together - Greene County Daily World

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To coin a phase: Father and son collect, make money together
Greene County Daily World
By Mark Stalcup, Staff Writer Darren Dickinson inspects some rare coins at the business he owns with his father Paul, P & D Coins, 77 E. Vincennes St. in Linton. Most kids his age don't collect coins. Darren Dickinson knows that.


Students in Veazie Helping Others One Coin and Box of Pasta at a Time - WABI

Students in Veazie Helping Others One Coin and Box of Pasta at a Time
WABI
The Veazie Community School is collecting loose change and boxes of pasta to benefit local food pantries. The winter months are a tough time for food banks because that's when most of their donations from the holiday season have dried up.


Coin show continues to draw wide variety of collectors - Macon Telegraph (blog)

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Coin show continues to draw wide variety of collectors
Macon Telegraph (blog)
By PHILLIP RAMATI - pramati@macon.com PERRY -- To those who think that coin collecting is a quaint hobby of yesteryear, this weekend's Middle Georgia Coin and Currency Show at the Georgia National Fairgrounds told a different story.
International Coin CollectorsWOOD-TV

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New Highland shop focuses on buying, selling coins - Hometownlife.com

New Highland shop focuses on buying, selling coins
Hometownlife.com
The store has more than 85 years of experience in coins and jewelry. Munro has been in the business for more than 40 years, previously operating shops in Florida and Waterford. His wife, Bilinda, is the largest coin collector at the Dixieland Flea ...