My Coin Box

What's twice the size of a U.S. cent and only worth half of one in face value? This coin! Two of these (relatively) large coins wo...

My one and only Ethiopian coin. It was "Struck at Philadelphia, Birmingham and the Royal Mint, London between 1944 and 1975 with t...

Here's a coin from a time when Mexico could actually produce 1 Cent coins. Now their lowest denomination is the 5 Cent coin which ...

Here's another one of the Canadian Cents/Pennies I bought before it's demise. It is in awful shape, but even in this condition ...

Now that the Canadian cent has had it's life support cut off, it will soon see less and less time in circulation. With the hoarder...

A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away... this happened. I don't know who but I do know how and possibly why. Someone obvious...

This is my second favorite British coin. I haven't posted my first favorite yet but I will soon. I'm not sure how it managed t...

I kind of hate having this coin. It is described as having cruder diework from the previous version which is seems to be true althoug...

Yes these two pictures are the same coin. I took the first picture with no flash and the second picture with a flash and together they...

Look familiar? If not, take a look here at the Indian Head Cent . See the resemblance? I noticed this coin as I was searching for alum...

Can you guess which one of these is the Panamanian one? Got this at the flea market when I picked up all of those aluminum coins....

Yes, this counts as a $0.05 coin in my series. I bought this coin that is worth $20.00 for $15.00 2-3 weeks ago. Going back even furth...

Got this as a gift a few years back. It's pretty dull with some wear, staining, and marks. The one thing I thought is pretty cool ...

2012 may have come late for me (back in May), but it came in numbers. I have almost $0.50 of 2012 cents, $0.70 in dimes, and $0.50 in ...

There is really no reason for this post other than I like the way the date looks. Same with 1940 coins. I don't know what it is ab...

I honestly don't know anything about the Netherlands Antilles other than they are (or were) in the Carribean area. According to W...

 I actually can't remember exactly where I got this coin. I suppose it was with a bunch of British coins that someone gave to me y...

Bought this, 8 other Canadian Cents, and this Brtish 3 Pence coin at the flea market a while back. It was after this post  I'm gu...

Found this in the return bin at a coin machine. It's amazing what you can find in those things. I haven't found any silver or ...

(Obviously) Bought this at the flea market and got a pretty good deal for it. It was marked for $7.00 and I only paid $5.00. Based on ...