Collecting coins or dealing in coins is a fun hobby. Here are some tricks to snagging coin deals to feed that hobby … (This post was originally published on January 3rd, 2011.) Some time ago, another blogger was talking up entrepreneurship to his oldest son and has found a stash of coins that could be … Read more
People make mistakes all the time when they sell things. Having knowledge about what you’re buying gives you an advantage over a seller who really doesn’t know what they have. The more knowledge you have, the larger your advantage. Take collectible coins, for example. Knowing the key years and mint marks — that is, the … Read more
Some coins are “savers” and some are “spenders.” Do you know the difference? (Updated June 23rd, 2017.) At one point we had lunch with some good friends. During the festivities, I saw a wooden piggybank-like thing on a shelf above the kitchen sink, part of which was a lucite window that showed the contents. I … Read more
A friend has been bit by the coin collecting bug. Like another couple of people I know, he’s withdrawn substantial amounts of coins from the bank and searches them for treasures, like older coins, errors, and coins with precious metals. To date he’s already found a number of silver dimes and half dollars (around ten … Read more
Our church has been focusing on the topic of money in its sermons and study groups for the past several weeks. Today’s sermon started out with some facts I hadn’t known before about the history of the motto that appears on all proper examples of today’s United States money. First, a very condensed history. The … Read more
Squirrelers is a clever guy. Instead of settling for a free lunch at a local lunch joint every seven visits, he’s cut that down in half. With the “buy six, get the seventh free” deal, the shop gives a starter stamp when they hand out the card. So, practically, it’s actually buy five, get the … Read more
Gresham’s Law now has small business backing. There’s a fair bit of activity on eBay buying and selling 95% copper cents, and the coin sorters to distinguish them from the newer zinc variety. Why the interest, you might ask? It’s the copper content of the cents that’s interesting. These high-copper cents, minted for part of … Read more
As I mentioned in the roundup, we all were at my wife’s oceanside quilting retreat. I came down to watch my daughter for the weekend, and our main activity on Saturday was going to the Virginia Aquarium. It was quite a treat: 700,000 gallons of aquarium as well as sprinklings of other kinds of habitat. … Read more
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