My Coin Box

 I bought this coin for $4.00 or $5.00 at the flea market. Notice the O under the Eagle. That means it was minted at the New Orleans ...

Again, another survey-like question. All 6 people who answered are indeed excited about my flea market finds and can't wait to see all ...

Here's another of my bargains. I got it for $5.00 and it is worth about $12.00 which was a nice find. Somehow almost all of my bad...

At 11:46 PM Eastern Time I got my 15,666th pageview on this blog. Thanks to all who have made it so popular! Now let us commence in a Sat...

I've shown about a million 1943-P wartime nickels before and I'll likely show a million more. The reason I'm showing it ag...

Last week's question was more of a survey than trivia. I noticed that my "1961 Republik Osterreich 1 Schilling" post was get...

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 ...

This coin is one of many perfect coins for your Valentine! Why? Because of the heart on the bottom of the reverse! All right I'm a ...

 Well, I caved. I have tried not to buy any of the millions of commemoratve Canadian quarters that have been made in the past 20 years...

So, when I asked if anyone was excited about me showing bills, the majority of you were not. 3 of the 5 people who answered were not, while...

50 Japanese dollars and it's worth $0.54 in exchange value. That, my dear children, is why we don't get into world wars and l...

Stainless steel coins are some hard coins to get pictures of! I swear, someone should have paid me to take this. Complaining aside, it...

Hey it's my oldest circulation find! For bills, that is. I got it near the end of last year from my sister. I traded her a plain o...

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...

Yes, I did get the alignment off but the picture still gets the job done. For a $5.00 coin it is relatively small, but considering Aus...

I just love this coin. I guess it's the sheer worthlessness of it which draws me in. It is 1/1,000 of a Tunisian Dinar and worth e...

Another one and only coin, just from a different country and in far worse condition. There are some varieties which are mentioned here...

Odd how I have more Ecuadorian stamps than I do coins. This is my one and only Ecuadorian coin and while it is small and relatively in...

Last week's question was different from the others but still pretty easy. The answer was "h" which was the 2nd letter in the ...

So, if you pay attention to dates like me you'll notice that this is my third day in a row posting. Why? Because I'm trying to...

Here's a nice one. The ony distinguishable thing on this coin if you can't read Thai is the 5.  If you can at least recognize ...

 This coin is a monster! It is Ike Dollar sized for those of you who know how big and heavy one is but the scary thing is, it was a qu...

When doubled, this stack of silver coins would be about $300.00 USD just for silver content. Boy have I, and for those of you that have...

This past week's question was pretty easy. The answer was 11-20 for the three of you who voted so, yes you all voted for the correct an...

My first, and only, Czechoslovakian coin. I got it in the junk bin at the flea market for relatively little and, even in this conditio...

Another example of an old non-silver dollar coin. The Afghani was divided into 100 Pul and even in the 1960's it was worth relativ...

This past week I put up a question that I had not answered before and three ridiculous answers to help shed some light on the real one. The...

January 13, 2012 a day which will live clouded and just kind of there in America's mind. There was the 1 year anniversary of the Costa ...

I just love Denmark coins. I don't know whether it's because of the little hearts they put on them or the fact that the letter...

Mmmm grease. We love it on bacon, fries, and coins. Before they're struck, that is. Afterwards it's just kind of gross. This c...

After an absence of a few weeks the polls are returning! That means more weekly voing on random-ish questions I ask you! But that's not...

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...

Technically it's 2 Pingin but pence is easier and that's what it's called  here.  I saw this coin at the flea market and s...

This small, copper-nickel coin never would have passed as an American $5.00 coin. Why? It's too small! To be American it would...