Archive for the ‘Coins’ Category

What to do with those State Quarter maps?

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Over Christmas I found a Hawaii quarter, which is the fiftieth quarter in the State Quarters series from the US Mint.  We got home late Thursday and amongst all of the unpacking we punched out the last circle in the map and put Hawaii in. We looked it over for about ...

Seven cool ways to give cash that aren’t crass

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

I'm a fairly hard person to buy for.  I don't really need anything per se, and I don't buy a whole lot for myself, but if cornered in a dark alley, I'll let it slip that I don't mind cash. My father-in-law asked me one year what I wanted ...

Reader question: How do I sell my British coins?

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

A reader e-mailed me with this question: I have just read your article on coin accumulation and I was hoping that you could help me.  My father recently died and left me in total 3146 British coins and 83 varied coins.  I want to know how best to sell them and ...

Reader question: Tips for newbie collectors

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Commenter "jnwcmr" asked on my post on how to turn an accumulation into a collection: I have an “accumulation” of coins and banknotes from around the world, and I’d like to organize them. I’d appreciate an email on where to get plastic protector sheets for them, ...