Are dollar coins being used in normal commerce? I have not seen even one. My bank does not have any. The local post office has never seen one. I live near Charlottesville, VA. Does anyone know of a location where these coins are in common use? GFH

I'll guess $172.36. Tom

This letter to the editor? From the CoinWorld issue of July 7, 2003. Second letter on page 11, headlined (believe it or not!) "Pans Comments" "We are not pleased with the negative and misleading information on Eagle coin holders in the June 9 Coin World article by Reid Goldsborough. It is...

Many times I have been humbled by the generosity of the people who read and post here, but this just takes the cake. I haven't been on RCC for over a month, so imagine my surprise when packages started arriving on my doorstep today for my little angel...words fail me. Of all the acts of random...

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American Numismatic Association FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2003 CONTACT: Stephen Bobbitt Telephone: 719-632-2646 x113 E-mail: EDWARD C. ROCHETTE RECEIVES

I'm making plans to attend this show. It will be the first major show I will have the pleasure to attend. I am tentativally planning on going Friday. My thoughts are the crowds will be smaller, and the inventory will be less picked through. Would there be any compelling reason to go on Saturday...

Hi guys: Are karats (like of gold) measured by weight or by volume? Most of what I read implies that karats are measured by weight (24k being pure gold), but that just doesn't make any sense. If karats are determined by weight, you would have to know exactly what the alloying metals were to...

Has anybody heard of the New Zealand Silver Dollar? Here are the specs: http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en- NZ/Coins/CurrentIssues/2006NewZealandSilverDollar/Issue+Informati on.htm (cut-n-past the link)

Hey, I just made a topic about writing to NAMA, and I'm sending them a letter, and a copy of the three bills I am proposing to Congress, looking for support. But I had a question. Is there any way that the vending industry would benefit from denominations larger than $100? I mean, I know that the...

Thought it would be an interesting post to see what collectors have as their oldest dated coin. Not their oldest but the oldest with a date. I have older coins but the one I have with the oldest date is: http://www.austriancoins.com/images/early/salzburg/16913-k.jpg I have show this one before...

-- Introduction & Abstract You may recall from a year ago that I was conducting an experiment to maximize the savings of my piggy bank, and had calculated the value- density of the 7 circulating US coins. Please accept this report of the experiment's first trial completion. The result suggests...

Your Action is Needed: Contact your Congressman and urge them to support the Camp and Lundgren Bills (H.R. 4 & H.R. 704). Go to www.house.gov to find your Members of Congress and their websites. The Capitol switchboard TELEPHONE number is 202-224-3121. The House Ways and Means Committee Thursday...

i just saw a virgin islands quarter. it is my favorite and actually the only state quarter design i truly like. it has a sparseness and economy of design that works well. uncluttered, unfettered by background noise and really representative of that part of the world, it looks like the where it's...

Obama has promised to spend the country into prosperity. Goes right along with fighting for peace and ****ing for virginity... Can you say "hyperinflation"?

On 13-Jan-18 13:21, Bruce wrote: On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 11:08:23 AM UTC-5, Wir Munchen Liebschoen wrote: On 13-Jan-18 10:25, Bruce wrote: On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 10:04:37 AM UTC-5, Wir Munchen Liebschoen wrote: On 13-Jan-18 09:20, Bruce wrote: On Saturday,...

Chrysta's contest made me think that it is time I had one of my own. This one is gonna take a little effort on your part. The contest is to guess what coin in my collection has the lowest mintage.To narrow down the list from thousands, I have whittled it down to 105 coins to choose from. Here are...

Arrest ties Pyongyang to counterfeit $100 bills North Korea's government is producing high-quality counterfeit $100 bills and is working with criminal groups in China to sell the fake U.S. money internationally, U.S. officials say. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050920-121229-5045r.htm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160004948032 Reported by Cliff Laubstein of CFDL: Dave Welsh Classical Coins www.classicalcoins.com

My order for these silver tokens arrived with me this morning and included an `error' example. I'm delighted to report that they are brilliant!! Well done Kyle. :-) RCC's (and no doubt usenet's) very first `hammered' token. You've done us proud! Ian