It was also exceptionally rare, one of only three such coins known to exist. Of the remaining two, one was on long-term loan to the British Museum, the other in the collection of the German Bundesbank. That made this specimen a rare and precious target for collectors. And finally, it w...
The early 1” coins seem large by modern standards. But since they were made of base metals rather than precious metals, they weren’t as hefty. The public was used to dense coins from America, Britain, and Spain, so they didn’t much like these new lightweight Canadian coins. Year: 1...
Some of the rarest 50p coins in circulation In March 2016, a batch of Peter Rabbit coins entered circulation in the Lake District and a few other British locations in memory of the works of iconic author Beatrix Potter. Shortly after, they started appearing on online marketplace eBay for fa...
In 2007, antique dealer Jeff Bidelman of “Rare Collectibles” was asked to look through an abandoned house by the late owner's daughter, and he managed to find a buried treasure: a collection of 200-year-old coins that ended up being worth more than $200,000, hidden...
Coins seem to be on the way out as inflation makes them less and less useful, but you might want to keep them around. Cereal boxes One man's trash is another's treasure, but cereal boxes? You've likely thrown out a thousand of these things after polishing off your Chex or Cheerios,...