Jim provides a nice overview of the buildings on US currency (although the lowest two denominations don’t have buildings on them), and then a few numismatists join the fray with comments of their own. It’s nice to see non-coin related web sites having a discussion about coin-related topics.
What were the basic monetary units used in Cape Verde islands?
What do Bureau of Engraving and Printing employees call finished units of 100 notes?
A board break error on paper money has what sort of effect on the note?
What were the original three “options” in the US Olympic commemorative program?
Here is Susan Headley’s list of the top 5 worst coin investments. I agree with all 5, and would add the World Reserve Monetary Exchange in addition to the National Collectors Mint. The deceptive advertising and ridiculously overpriced deals make them a prime candidate for yet another bad coin investment.
Aug. 28, 2007 - KGO - Could you resist an offer of free money? Or would you be skeptical? Well, we found a big ad offering free money; only problem is you have to pay for it.
Basil Pohnov of Oakland got pretty excited when he saw a full page spread in the San Francisco Chronicle.
It looked like a news story claiming people could get a year’s worth of presidential dollar coins for free.
“It seemed like the federal reserve, our government is unloading these to the public because they’re overstocked,” Basil Pohnov said.
The pictures seemed to show government officials unveiling the special coins.
Basil followed instructions to quickly claim his coins, but when he called the 800 number he found out the free coins would actually cost him $8 dollars, plus $4 dollars for shipping.
“I just couldn’t figure out what do I get for free if I have to pay $12 dollars?” Pohnov said.
He was told the coins “were” free. it’s the coin “case” that cost eight dollars.
“I don’t want the case I just want the coins for free, and they said sorry we can’t do that,” said Pohnov.
(Santa Ana, California) – Collector’s Corner, a service exclusively for collectors and part of the largest dealer-to-dealer online website, The Certified Coin Exchange (CCE), has launched a convenient, new “Wish List” service. It connects collectors with more than 110,000 coins already listed online.
“Collectors looking for a specific coin or coins can post their requests online in the Collector’s Corner Wish List. We will promptly notify them by e-mail when the item or items are located on the CollectorsCorner.com web site. There’s no need for a collector to repeatedly check the web site or search through all the listings because we do it for them everyday,” explained Cassi East, President of CCE, a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT).
“The website is free to all collectors, there is no fee to post your Wish List, and there is no commission or fee when a successful match is made with a listed coin, so collectors can get a great deal as well as fast service,” said East.
“Because CollectorsCorner.com is connected to the CCE member-dealers, those collectors using the Wish List or any other feature of the website can know that the seller of any listed coin is a member in good standing of the largest, most respected wholesale exchange in the world.”
For additional information, contact CollectorsCorner.com, P.O. Box 6280, Newport Beach, CA 92658. Phone: (800) 733-6623. Online: www.CollectorsCorner.com.