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ksmooter61 liked Randy Abercrombie's post in the thread It's a "Beautiful Blessed Sunday". Post your happiness also!.

I grew up very poor. Momma schooled all day and worked all night to provide for me as a youngster. There was a small coin shop between...
May 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
ksmooter61 liked Mr. Numismatist's post in the thread It's a "Beautiful Blessed Sunday". Post your happiness also!.

Many years ago, a boy was going through his coin bank and found the coin below. Little did he know he'd end up on an amazing journey for...
May 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
ksmooter61 liked kountryken's post in the thread It's a "Beautiful Blessed Sunday". Post your happiness also!.

I'm one of 6 children that my mom and dad had. 5 of us are still alive, from 92 to 78. On November 19, 1930, when my mom and dad got...
May 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
ksmooter61 liked SensibleSal66's post in the thread It's a "Beautiful Blessed Sunday". Post your happiness also!.

This thread was inspired by me and @kountryken. :happy:It's called a "Beautiful Blessed Sunday". Post your Happiness also! All you have...
May 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
abuckmaster147 replied to the thread Silver Is On A Tear Today.

My sale from Jan is going toward a new very much needed metal roof, It stinks when you have to be an Adult and do stuff like that, :)
May 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
abuckmaster147 liked JoshuaP's post in the thread Silver Is On A Tear Today.

I hope so. I have to sell a lot of silver soon to be able to afford drilling a well on our property. $7,000 in dental bills over the...
May 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Heavymetal liked Eric the Red's post in the thread "Et tu, Brute?".

I wanted to add the Coin description Obverse: Depicts Caesar on horseback in military armor. The partially polished surface...
May 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Heavymetal liked kountryken's post in the thread "Et tu, Brute?".

Moneyer Marcus Junius Brutus Denarius. 54 BC. LIBERTAS, Head of Liberty right / Consul L Junius Brutus, between two lictors, preceeded...
May 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Heavymetal liked kountryken's post in the thread "Et tu, Brute?".

This one is pretty rough, but it was minted in Spain in 46-45 B.C. by the traveling military mint. Julius Caesar on obverse, Venus and...
May 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Heavymetal liked lordmarcovan's post in the thread "Et tu, Brute?".

Here's a Julius from just a couple of weeks before the assassination. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
May 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Heavymetal liked The Meat man's post in the thread "Et tu, Brute?".

Here's one depicting Caesar naming him Dictator for Life, minted a week or so before he was assassinated. [ATTACH] JULIUS CAESAR,...
May 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Heavymetal liked Eric the Red's post in the thread "Et tu, Brute?".

This one really caught my eye. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Historians and Coin Enthusiast should like this one. It's the...
May 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Inspector43 attached a file to the thread Jefferson Set from Coin Roll Hunting.

I just finished Page 8. [ATTACH]
May 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Randy Abercrombie replied to the thread Semiquincentennial Quarters.

Happened with the state quarters too.
May 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Randy Abercrombie liked Collecting Nut's post in the thread Semiquincentennial Quarters.

I just looked and the mint is selling rolls for almost 3 times face. Other dealers are 4 or more times face. I’m old enough to remember...
May 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM