My Coin Box

I can't believe that it's finally here! It has been a month since I first posted on this blog about my Gold Dollar . Since then I h...

This is one of the most well known coins in numismatic history. It is the 1909 Lincoln Cent also known as a Wheat Penny or Wheat Cent. This...

These are some 1979-P Anthony Dollars and not the valuable kind. These are the narrow rim version. The wide rim versions have the date almos...

This is a 10 pfennig issued after WWII nothing special so this will be a short post. Dated 1950 with an "F" mint mark on it. Very...

Whenever I'm in New York I always go to Uncle Louie G's ice cream shop. There is one near the Brooklyn apartment I stay in so when I...

Тхис ис мы фирст ал Руссиан пост анд И ам донг ит бецаусе И тхоугхт ит вельд бе интерестинг. Тхис ис тхе Статуе оф Либертыьс оригинал торч т...

We are all aware of the tragic events that happened on that fateful Tuesday 9/11/2001. Many lives were lost, many bodies were never found, a...

Spumoni Gardens History First, I would like to start by saying Happy Thanksgiving. Second, this sign is the one in front of the famous Spumo...

I have now decided to do about a weeks worth of posts about New York City. I'm not quite sure why but it seems kind of appropriate with ...

After doing some posts on German coins I took a break and talked about various different things. I decided I would use this coin since I don...

The general story of this coin is pretty basic. First, someone drilled or hammered a hole right above Lincoln's head. Second, that perso...

In 1951 America had just survived a huge depression in the 30s, the biggest war in history in the 40s and things were finally starting to se...

After Man at Coined For Money featured me in a post about nickels I thought I should clarify why I call anything pre-1965 old. It is mainly...

As you can probably tell, I have "redone" my blog to give it a look more suitable for my passion. Yes I love currency too even if...

This post is completely irrelavent to numismatics (coin collecting for any new collectors out there) but I feel I must post it. While going ...

In 1949 and 1950  the world was in economic turmoil after the worst depression in American history and the worst war in world history. The 5...

I just had to post this especially because it is so weird. It is the most worn dime I have ever found in circulation. It is dated 1977 an...

Canada became its own country in 1867. Everyone was happy to be in their own country instead of a colony under European rule. 100 years lat...

In 1877 the presidential election was over and everyone could return to their normal lives without arguing about who was going to win. This...

In 1976 Americans were excited. So excited in fact the U.S. government issued a commemorative quarter, half dollar, and dollar for circulat...

No I'm  not talking about having too much to drink. I'm talking about the 3 in 1953 which is doubled. This variety goes for about $...

In 1898 Barber coins had only been around for 6 years and the old Seated Liberty coins were still the more common coins in circulation. When...

The 1904 cent was the oldest coin in my collection when I got it. My grandpa traveled the world after the war (WWII) and brought back ...

This models for this coin were made by Gutzon Borglum who also sculpted Mount Rushmore. The first coins were struck at Philadelphia on Jan....

The story of this 1964 Half dollar is far from ordinary. Within months of President Kennedy's assasination this coin had already been ap...

Back in 1893 the World's Fair was being held in Chicago and the U.S. Mint made two different coins to commemorate it. First was the 189...

Back in 1921 the Morgan dollar had been brought back for one last year and the Peace dollar had been proposed and minted for the first time....

This is by far one of my most historic coins tied with my Gold dollar that I first posted about and a few other coins I will blog abou...

Eh, What's up Doc? The question heard by millions of people in the last century and asked for one year only by Ben Franklin. This 1955 ...

This dime may not look like much but it has a very cool story. It was minted at the Carson City mint a short lived mint that was turned into...

 The 1914(P) Half Dollar had a very low mintage of 124,230 minted. The 1914-S had 992,000 an amazing 867,770 more! This mintage makes the 19...

These are some coins on display in Washington D.C. On the left are some $5 bills showing the different designs over the years. On the right ...

Another day Another dollar. A gold dollar that is. I recently bought this tiny gold dollar dated 1851(P) for $220.00. It is valued at $...