Year In Review 2016

Let's make this short 2016 was blah to say the least.

A summary of what I found in my change.

Change Finds: 

The graph is for world coins found with 46 different countries found.
--Canada again is 1st with 107
--Great Britain is 2nd with 26
--France is 3rd with 10
China and Germany come in the top five also.

New countries found in my change include Aruba, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cyprus, Guyana, Honduras, Romania, and Sri Lanka. I found less coins compared to last year and less variety.

 No odd finds mostly small coins but a lot of new quarters.

Oldest United States Find
1905 Nickel

Oldest Foreign Find
1915 Austrian 10 Heller

Most Valuable Find (above face value): tie
1918 United States Nickel at about $3.00

Most Valuable Foreign Find
1988 Brazilian (Doubled) 50 Centavos at about $2.00

Most Surprising Find
13 notes from around the world including $2 bills given to me by a friend who works retail by her creepy customer. She gave them to me because she thought they were cursed and no else wanted them at her job.

Books: Nothing new or exciting.

Websites: Went mobile for this blog and trying some SEO (search engine optimization) stuff to make it better.

Equipment: Macro camera lens, a 60mm.

Summary:
Not bad this year with 433 finds, that is less than last year but still higher than average for me. Most were repeats but many were unique pieces. Again unfortunately none were rare or valuable. (Same as last year basically.)

Probably the last time I get so many since I changed my coin collecting habits recently. So After I get through my old finds I will focus on getting the common U.S. coins from the last 50 years.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and change for all

Coin Show NY

Upcoming Challenge coin show in NY for April 29, 2016.

http://www.coinshowny.com/

The First of Its Kind Challenge Coin Trade Show In New York is opening its doors to coin traders, coin vendors, coin hobbyists, coin collectors, coin enthusiasts, and well, coin anything!

At this massive show, you will be able to find that "unicorn" you've been searching for. 

Some, never seen before coins!

Free Inaugural Coin to the First 100 Registered Guests

Free parking available.
Food and adult beverages available.

Partial Proceeds of the event will Benefit the NYPD Widows and Children’s Fund.
100% of the Charity Auction benefits the NYPD Widows and Children’s Fund.

Year In Review 2015

Yup almost a month late but finally got to it.

This is a summary of everything I collected from last year with over sized graphs and highlights. It shows what is possible to get from your simple pocket change.

Change Finds: 

The graph is for world coins found with 49 different countries found.
--Canada again leads the pack with 143
--Great Britain is 2nd with 21
--The Bahamas is 3rd with 8
France, Spain, and Bermuda come in the top five also.

New countries found in my change include Bangladesh, Chile, Cuba, Finland, Georgia, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Mauritius, Netherlands Antilles, Newfoundland, Peru, and Sweden. I found less coins compared to last year but a greater variety were found.

Nothing new with the American money. The lower the denomination the easier it is to find older or unique examples.

Oldest United States Find
1918 Cent

Oldest Foreign Find
1951 Canadian Cent

Most Valuable Find (above face value): tie
2012 Colombian 1000 Pesos at about $5.00

Most Valuable Foreign Find
2012 Colombian 1000 Pesos at about $5.00

Most Surprising Find
Religious Medal form Italy.

Books: A bunch of 2x2 albums but no 2x2 holders.

Websites: The web is still getting better for coin values and information. My site needs some mobile access.

Equipment: Phones apps are still limited. Still using Google Sheets and Office 365 to keep track of finds quicker.

Summary:
Not bad this year with 475 finds, that is less than last year but still higher than average for me. Most were repeats but many were unique pieces. Again unfortunately none were rare or valuable.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and change for all

10th Anniversary (19 days late)

Ten years+!

What I have been busy and forgot. Plus I no longer count my visitors via Sitemeter so I kind lost track.

Tin/Aluminum or Diamond Jewelry Anniversary

Finally traditional anniversary items that are coin related (I'll add pictures later). Tin and aluminum are cheap and has been used in coins for a long time. They do not last as long but can be easily shaped.

Coined For Money Blog

Almost 3 million visitors which is an estimate since Sitemeter, the blog visitor counter, is no longer functioning properly. I still have Google Adsense that track visits but does not display. Not much else different behind the scenes at this blog. I still track everything via spreadsheets. I have been using my phone more often to access the spreadsheets. It keeps me from getting too many repeats.

My finds have lessened from last year. People are buying more and using cash but at least in my change finds it has been mostly new coins. Whatever filter being used to keep "funny money" out of our change it is working.

I started a Facebook page for this blog but am reluctant to share it because I am losing visitors everyday so it may not be a good idea.

It does not seem like ten years but then again when I look back it seemed so simple and quaint. I started as a place to post about low value change finds and a place to ask questions the big time collectors do not. This blog still does that but now it is also a tracker and a trend finder. I see pattern in my finds that I would not notice, also the questions let me see what casual collectors are still confused by.

Looking into the future 

Total integration is still possible but lack of time is my biggest issue. I am working a lot so that is good. Yet I will still accept donations to try and keep this blog relevant and up to date.

I thank you all and keep those questions coming 

Year In Review 2014

The annual summary of my year in coin collecting with some highlights, the most incredible year for finds in decades.

Change Finds: 

The graph is for world coins found with 44 different countries found.
--Canada again leads the pack with 153
--Great Britain is 2nd with 31
--Germany is 3rd with 13
France, the Bahamas, Singapore, and Switzerland come in the top five also.

New countries found in my change include Belgium, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Iceland, Malaysia, Namibia, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, and the Ukraine. I made a change in jobs and in lunch. Now that I have to buy lunch outside of work I use cash since it is faster and offers more options. These lunch places have lots of foreign coins up for trade and take a penny leave a penny trays filled with odd things.

The graph for American money is fairly predictable the lowest face value coins and currency are easier to find. The exception are dimes because since 1965 it has not changed design and older ones are silver and get easily filtered. No 50 or 100 dollar bills although I now found an ATM that spits out larger bills.

Oldest United States Find
1916 Cent

Oldest Foreign Find
1940 Canadian Cent

Most Valuable Find (above face value): tie
2013 $5 Star Note, ML-* about $10.00
1963-A $2 Bill, A-A about $7.00

Most Valuable Foreign Find
Asian Merchant/Game Token, 010-8887 8206 about $1.00

Most Surprising Find
Barbara Apotheke 1 Treue Taler token

Books: 2015 Red Book but I have yet to fully go through it.

Websites: The web is still getting better for coin values and information. My site seems a bit outdated.

Equipment: Phones apps are still limited. Started using Google Sheets and Office Mobile to keep track of finds quicker.

Summary:
I reached record numbers of finds this year with 619 finds, that is about 9 times the average per year. Most were repeats but many were unique pieces. Unfortunately none were rare or valuable.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and change for all

9th Anniversary

Another year passes and another massive flip to the way I collect and showcase my finds.

Willow/Pottery or Leather Anniversary

Well leather just means purses or wallets, pottery was used in ancient times to store coins, and willow is a bit odd for coins but I did find one nice reference that famed Willow Tree coin from 1652. If only I found one in my change.

Source image: Willow Tree Sixpence via LittletonCoin.com

Coined For Money Blog

Over 2.2 million visitors is great and I thank everyone who came by these past nine years. Almost 1,000 post and over 34,000 comments means I need to start organizing this blog more. Behind the scenes I have been keep a spreadsheet of all the American, Canadian, and British coins I have posted like that I do not repeat myself. Those three countries are my most common finds and I hope to organize them in a way that a person can look up a specific coin from those countries with ease.

Again I switched back to a mostly daily blog since several cashiers that I work near give me change that are more than just modern American coins. Granted I have to use cash more often but luckily the ATM is also nearby. Last year I was down since I was finding few new things and could not afford to buy anything in real life let alone for my hobby. This year has been better as I got a few books and I am looking forward to get some supplies.

Most of last years copycat blogs have given up but unfortunately so have many long time bloggers. I have to update my blogroll because those links are out of date. Cheap, Green and Happy was a great coin roll hunting blog that I followed since 2007 but after a scare during the Boston Marathon the guy stopped publishing, I guess bigger priorities. My TV blog also came to a stop mostly because I have little time after work to watch and post about bad shows.

Non-blog formats, like Twitter, Facebook, and phones apps, continue to become more popular and that takes away from this site. Yes I should link them all together but it takes some time and I would rather do it right than quickly, which is against common sense in the internet age.

Looking into the future 

Total integration across every platform. A bit to much but there should some application that can do it automatically every time I post to blogger. Also I need to list every coin I posted about over the past nine years and have them available on my blog in an easy way like the great Coins and Canada does it.

The Donations link is still active and surprisingly people have helped. After some tough times I am doing better financially and will still accept donations in order to keep one place on the internet where people can find and evaluate their common coins.

I thank you all and keep those questions coming 

Year In Review 2013

The annual summary of my year in coin collecting with some highlights.

Change Finds:

The graph is for world coins found with only 8 different countries found. Of course Canada leads the pack with only Great Britain above 1. Tourists to New York are using less cash and visitors returning from other countries are also going plastic. I do not see any trends with foreign money except more credit/debit cards are being used by foreigners.

This graph is for American money I pulled from my change and predictably the cents / pennies are leading the pack. I have found any large bills in my change although I have seen then in the wild. Those blue $100 have been circulating well but I cannot afford to keep one for my collection. No surprise that half dollars are not circulating well but dimes were a surprise. I should have found some interesting dimes but that was not the case this year.

Oldest United States Find
1936 Cent

Oldest Foreign Find
1967 Canadian Cent

Most Valuable Find (above face value)
1997 Colombia 50 Pesos, Off-Center Error about $3.00

Most Valuable Foreign Find
1997 Colombia 50 Pesos, Off-Center Error about $3.00

Most Surprising Find
Fake Liberty Dime

Books: 2013 and 2014 Red Books, late buy but I have yet to fully go through them.

Websites: The web is getting better for coin values and information. My site seems a bit outdated.

Equipment: Phones apps are getting much better.

Summary:
I found 108 coins and notes this year which is the most ever. The majority came in December but nearly all of them were boring and low value. Highlights this year included a 2011 Russian 10 kopek which I found two days before the year ended. I forced my self to use cash for my daily lunch which boosted my American coin finds. Most of my new Denver coins have been found from lunch money.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and change for all

8th Anniversary

It was so hopeful last year when I posted about the seventh year as a blogger and what a long year it was.

Bronze or Lace/Linen Anniversary

Well the bronze is easy to get but is there anything lacy about coins? I do not recall but maybe the Royal Canadian Mint makes it.

Source some Esty coin purse that seemed appropriate.

Coined For Money Blog

 

I will start off by saying I am approaching 2 million unique visitors and I thank you all. Over 32 thousand comments meaning a lot of questions and hopefully useful answers. Coined For Money has switched back to a three times a week blog form its daily journey last year. I switched to a format that is simpler for me. Monday is usually currency, Wednesday is usually Canadian, and Friday is usually American. Sunday is sometimes left for any cool news or coin issue that has an article link. Of course I can change the format any time to suit my latest finds.

The finds have been sparse to say the least. Half way through 2013 and I only found one British coin. It is like something has filtered every foreign coin from my change. Even Canadian coins are few and far between. Economic problems are not to blame instead the fast move to e-currency is the problem. I just saw a school trip visit a gift shop and virtual every kid had a debit card. Apparently parents can track the purchases and limit the funds, plus if lost or stolen no money is lost.

Then there is the blog traffic. Every year I saw a steady growth with the last few years averaging 1,500+ a day. This year I am down to 700+ visitors a day. This is bad since I ad revenue is way down and that is how I support my habit hobby.

A bunch of copycats have hit the blogosphere and have stolen my format down to the days I publish. Some even had the nerve to tell me they were doing it. Be original and do not try to friend me while stealing.

Better online information has also slowed my roll. NGC, PCGS, and a bunch of sites like Numista and Coins and Canada do beyond excellent work in cataloging coins and currency. I cannot be mad at these guys since that is what I wanted when I started blogging eight years back.

Looking into the future 

 

Right now the future for collecting looks bleak. I love finding and showing off change finds. While going into my vaults is nice it becomes boring and just like going down a list. Aside from a major change in Blogger I see nothing exciting coming to this blog. Maybe I am a bit depressed now but I think I the online coin world has moved on beyond me. Still I will keep blogging and answering question and know that it is your quest for knowledge that keeps me going.

Update:
I was reminded by several regular visitors that I also add a Donations link to on the right hand side. Of course this is not mandatory but about a dozen kind and sometimes anonymous soul have contributed. Here is what those donations as well as the ad revenue goes to accomplish.

• Pays for CoinedForMoney.com  domain
• Pays for the internet bill itself
• Pays for coin and books (unfortunately this year I could not afford to buy the 2013 mint/proof coins or any new books)
• Pays for my life bills (occasionally I have been out of work and this blog has seen me through the thin times)

Feel free to ignore ads or donations as that is not the main goal of my coin blog, fun is always the main goal.



                       I thank you all and keep those questions coming

Gap List

Recently I found a 1948 and 2009-P nickel. They were unique finds for me because before last week I never found any. That lead me to review my list of missing coins. These are coins strictly gathered from my change which I have been actively been searching for about 20 years.

So with so many coins how do I keep it all straight? I start with simple rules, first the classics are any pre-1965 coin gets saved, except for cents those start at pre-1959. For modern coins I just want one of each because I do not need repeats. Then comes the record keeping.

 

You can buy an inventory checklist like Whitman Checklist & Record Book of U.S. & Canadian Coins even one that is out of date like An Official Red Book: A Collector's Inventory of United States Coins since it still is a good buy.

Of course you can use an Excel file or Google Doc which works as easy and can be accessed anywhere. The setup may take a while but it is very accurate.

I opt for the old fashion pencil and paper for my gap list. Pen and paper for the keeper list.

Pardon my bad handwriting but you can see how simple the list can be. I will add in pen the 1948 nickel wonder when I will fill that 1950 gap. Currently I am missing these modern coins:

Cent	Nickel	Dime
1960 Sm.	2004-D Boat	2009-D
1968-S	2005-D Bison	2012-D
1982-D Lg.Zn	2009-D	2013-D
2009-D Unf. Cap	2010-D
	2011-D
	2012-D
	2013-D

Of course each year brings a new set of coins to find so these list may never end.

Year In Review 2012

The annual summary of my year in coin collecting with some highlights.

Change Finds:
The graph below shows 47 world coins found from 11 countries which is more finds than last year but from less unique countries.
1st Place Canada leading with a record 30 finds.
2nd place is tied Great Britain and Italy with 4 each.
Adding the 36 U.S. finds the total is 83, most ever since I started this blog.

The United States, Canada, Great Britain, Bermuda, and Trinidad & Tobago are my constant finds. Except this year I found no coins from Bermuda breaking another ten year streak. 2010 was the year I found no British coins, then 2011 was the year of no Trinidad & Tobago coins. Now 2012 will be the year of no Bermuda coins.

Oldest United States Find
1928 Nickel

Oldest Foreign Find
1968 Canadian Cent

Most Valuable United States Find (above face value)
1964-D Nickel, Double Clipped Planchet error about $5.00

Most Valuable Foreign Find
2005 10 Yuan China Bill about $1.60

Most Surprising Find
Clad-Planchet Dime

Books: No good reason to upgrade.

Websites: The web is getting better for coin values and information.
NGC.com for world coin values is great although difficult to navigate and the prices are way too high.
Numista.com a coin swapping site that has tons of great up to date information but no values.
Coins and Canada.com a great Canadian coins and currency collecting site with articles, values, and trends.
Coinflation.com a great coin metal value site that has related article links, although they shortened the archives to six months which is sad since the year old article predicted some ridiculous things in the metal and survivalist world.

Equipment: I noticed the need for good lighting so maybe an investment in some dedicated lights and a table for taking pictures is needed. All other coin related equipment like cameras and apps are unremarkable.

Summary:
First time in a long time that my coins have had more value than my currency finds. Found a few silver coins but lower silver prices made them less valuable than error finds. Some great finds this year like a 2012 Chinese coin and that 1990 Canadian cent which eluded me for years. I found myself using less money than ever but encountering more people who were willing to part with their foreign money when I asked nicely (mostly cashiers I already know).

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and change for all

7th Anniversary

It only seems like a year ago that I was posting my sixth year as a blogger, oh how time flies.

Copper or Wool Anniversary

I got the copper coins but the best thing I can say about wool is never use wool to clean coins. The picture below shows all my 2005 copper plated cents on a wool scarf.

Coined For Money Blog

The past year so saw some changes to ye olde blog. It is now a daily blog because I realized I have way too many coins sitting around. On the same note I found out I have thousands of coins with an average value of about $0.15 each. Kind of made me sad.

Some better news is that it took me six years to reach one million hits but I got over half a million in this past year alone. So thank you to all the new visitors.

Back to sad news. I had to get rid of embedded comments because the new Blogger comment system added reply and eliminated the quick view for comments that reach into the thousands. So in my popular posts it would take 30+ minutes to load the newest comments. I had to revert to the old comment system.

Also a mixture of happiness and sadness with my posts. I opened the "vaults" to showcase my past finds. Unfortunately I did this because the new finds have slowed down a lot.

Looking into the future

I hope to keep blogging and maybe add videos. More coin experiments would be nice and maybe another layout change. Aside from that I am open to suggestions but I am realistic, working, and social so not too complicated tips please.

                       I thank you all and keep those questions coming

Year In Review: 2011

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Books: Time to upgrade, whether you have older books or are new to collecting get the 2012 or 2013 versions. If you can, get the e-books they are cheaper.

Equipment: Cameras/phones are still getting better and cheaper, scales have not changed much but still a good investment. Get a caliper with in/mm.

Change Finds: The graph below shows 44 world coins found from 18 countries which is less finds than last year but from more unique countries. Canadian finds still lead but have also fallen short compared to last year. With the U.S. finds the total is 81 which barely beats out last year and is a new record for significant finds.

The United States, Canada, Great Britain, Bermuda, and Trinidad & Tobago are my constant finds. Except this year I found no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) coins, for nearly a decade in a row I always found at least a T&T cent. I have a few Trinidadian friends but I did not push them for some free change and none went to visit the homeland so I guess 2011 will be the year without T&T. Last year I did not get any British coins but then this year I got 5 so I have hope for 2012.

Oldest United States Find
1920 Cent

Oldest Foreign Find
1943 Canadian Cent

Most Valuable Find (above face value)
2006 $1 dollar star note in CU about $25.00

Most Valuable Foreign Find
2006 10 Meticais in VF about $0.75

Most Valuable Coin Find Overall
2006 10 Meticais in VF about $0.75

Summary: 
Yet again the most valuable find was a note not a coin. Notes are quickly becoming the hotter collectible.
No silver coins found this year, I blame roll hunters.
As for trying to complete my collection of one of every coin ever made I got a little closer but then they announced all new coins for next year so I am back to 0.000000000001% complete.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and change for all

Opening the Vaults

Well less of a vault and more of a bunch of tin cans.

I had been collecting for years before this blog started. Slowly my unorganized collection grew and in the middle of 2005 I decided I should track my finds so I started blogging and listing them as they came in.

Of course this left all the previous finds, gifts, and purchases just sitting there. Recently I used Numismaster to catalog my coins. I placed at least one of each type and year, ignoring multiples, Canadians, and American coins. For example I have 33 British 1992 ten pence but I just cataloged it as one. This was mostly done because Numismaster does not neatly allow for multiple quantities of the same coin. At the same time I finally separated the coins by country.

There is a third box not pictured. This is during the sorting.

This is how Numismaster appraised my collection:

Calculated collection price: $275.55
View My Full Collection of 1,371 coins

Some problems with this estimation is like most coin pricing guides is that most values under extra-fine are not listed, left blank or with that annoying --. So instead of listing current exchange rate values or metal value they decide to give it a null value. I would estimate I was undervalued by anywhere from $13.00 to $130.00. This is just knowing melt value of a copper cent of most countries is more than a cent, not to mention other metals.

Although not confirmed I am sure that I have about 4,000 foreign coins (non-Canadian, non-American) from 108 countries. 

The Vault
So that brings back me to the reason for this post. I need to start showcasing some of these oldies. As you can tell even though I have twenty pounds of coins, which may seem like a lot, the average value for each coin is between $0.05 and $0.10.

I will begin posting some that I like, then after that I will try to post all of them depending on anything that inspires me that day. I will also continue to post change finds as they come but will skip repeats like the 2010 Canada cent I recently found.

6th Anniversary

Last year I told the tale of how and why I adore this blog. This year let me see how the sixth anniversary gifts of candy, iron, or wood apply.

Candy

About 600 pictures makes for good eye candy. Sure I can probably keep the site more hip looking with Java scripts and hovering elements but lets face it I can only do so much. Instead pictures of coins on top of strange things should suffice. Art related to money is also nice to explore. Coin news on occasion but only if the images or videos are cool.

Iron
Symbol of good luck and strength. Well maybe I will place that on the coins and currency themselves. I mean it is sure lucky to find so many types. Some say luck is just the ability to recognize and take advantage of opportunities but it is lucky that I know how to do that. Strength maybe the coins themselves as they always have value or maybe the fortitude to keep blogging.

Wood
Symbolic of what is long lasting, exactly six years ago on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 I started this blog and here it is Tuesday, July 12, 2011 and I am still here. Recently reaching 1,000,000+ unique visitors, 21,000+ comments, and 314 posts.

This recent comment made me smile and left me in awe...

Is a 5 cent silver Candian nickel tht says Bermuda & Elizabeth II on one side and a fish on the other dated 1988 worth more than a nickel?

I try never to answer with attitude or belittle the comment writers. Other blogs spread mean spirits by arguing with their visitors or allowing mean comments. I consider this blog www.CoinedForMoney.com my personal address, I would not allow someone to stand in front of my home yelling nonsense and I think every site should filter and delete people who do the same.
Oh the answer was just $0.05.

I thank you all and keep those questions coming

1,000,000

At 6:14:30 pm today Jul 7 2011  this humble little blog got 1,000,000 unique visitor.

Not a shock it was a Google search for: 1 cent 1944

Thanks to everyone who visited and contributed to the great hobby of coin collecting.

Year In Review 2010

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Yea time for the end of year stats. Let's dive right in.

Books: If you have older ones skip the 2010/2011 upgrades. If not then wait to buy the 2012 versions.

Equipment: Cameras are getting better and cheaper, scales are very cheap everywhere and nothing new stands out.

Now for my change finds. The graph below shows 48 world coins found from 16 countries which was the highest numbers in years. Canada also set a new record with 28 finds, which is more than one Canadian coin every two weeks. Adding U.S. finds I'm up to 80 significant finds which is also record setting.

Certain countries always come up. The United States, Canada, Bermuda, and Trinidad & Tobago. One country went missing for the first time, Great Britain. I always found British coins but this year not a pence. I know things are bad in England, I have not heard from James in a while, so travel and spending must not be a top priority.

Oldest United States Find
1919 Cent (found two of them)

Oldest Foreign Find
1921 Canadian Cent

Most Valuable Find(above face value)
1953-A $5 dollar star note in AU about $55.00 (pictures coming soon)

Again the most valuable find was a note not a coin. Nearly all notes I found had better values then the coins.

Most Valuable Foreign Find
2002 1 Dirham in VF about $1.50

Most Valuable Coin Find
1940-D United States dime in VF about $2.25

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and change for all

Do you have a coin and want to know its value? Leave a comment

It's a Blog! Enjoy!

On Tuesday, July 12, 2005 I started this blog because so few coin sites existed online. Now it has been over five years and as you see in my links page many great resources are out there. 

As of today this little blog has reached over 640,000 unique visitors, thanks for that. Also over 267 posts brought over 10,000 comments. And yes I responded to all.

The business side has also been good here is a graph on advertising income, plus it is in 3-D.

I will not retire off this blog but it does show what is possible if you post something new at least once a month. Granted that first year was rough but then again I am not doing this for profit.


Hobby Fun
That is why I do this. Even if I only have a common everyday Canadian cent I will post it (hint, hint on the next post). Even if I stop getting odd change I will just start posting on common finds.
There is something special about finding coins older than yourself or from another land or just shiny and new.

My favorite find was an Off-Center Georgia State quarter worth about $50.00. Not because of the value instead it just showed what was possible from your change.

There were many more bloggers that I linked to but most fellow bloggers give up after a few months or worse the go crazy. Apparently these crazies encountered people who are not of their same mindset and it drives them insane so they dedicate their time fueling internet rage.

I continue to update and change stuff around and the ideas I have sometimes exceed my computer skills but feel free add suggestions or tips and of course keep those questions coming in.

Year In Review 2009

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Time for the boring end of the year stats.

First for all the coin/currency books that have come out with the new editions this year they are useless as an upgrade. If you don't have any coin/currency books you still may want to get the previous editions to save money.

Now to the coins lets start with a dull bar graph showing the 40 coins/currency I found from 14 different countries.

Check it out Canada once again was the most common world coin I found in my change.
Spain came in number two.
Australia, Bahamas, and Bermuda tied for third place.

Oldest United States Find
1887 Cent

Oldest Foreign Find
1970 Canadian Cent

Most Valuable Find(above face value)
1996 $20 dollar star note in VF about $22.50

Although I found more coins then I ever have all of these coins were of little value. Most were just face value and those above face were just a couple cents above. I wouldn't say it has been disappointing just not spectacular.

At the end I found 65 pieces making it the most since I've started tracking these things. Still a good chunk of that is due to all the U.S. varieties for 2009.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and change for all.

Do you have a coin and want to know its value? Leave a comment

This is a Post

Do you have a coin and want to know its value? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.

I'm still here answering questions just not posting much. Apparently getting a master (or is it masters) in engineering is proving tougher than I expected.

So I leave you with a statue I pass every once in a while.

Photo courtesy of the fine folks at http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2008/11/mta_plans_23_pc.php

Do you have a coin and want to know its value? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.

NY Coin Show

Just a quick note to anyone who wants to go to coin show and is in NYC this weekend.
I always threaten to go but I become lazy and just skip it.

Here's a direct quote from http://www.nyinc.info/

The New York International Numismatic Convention is the United States’ most prestigious numismatic event targeting the needs of the world and ancient numismatic communities. The 36th Annual NYINC will be held at fabled Waldorf Astoria Hotel, located at 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, between 49th and 50th Streets. Our dates will be January 5-13, 2008.
The NYINC will feature a bourse area consisting of 100 of the leading specialists in world and ancient numismatics and will be held on the 18th floor meeting room level of the Waldorf Astoria. Our event will also include a full range of educational programs and meetings as well as multiple auction sessions cataloged and conducted by several of the leading numismatic houses in the world, including Heritage Galleries and Auctioneers; Gemini, Ltd.; Classical Numismatic Group; Baldwin’s Auctions, Ltd; M&M Numismatics; Dmitry Markov; La Galerie Numismatique and Ponterio and Associates, Inc.
Auction lot viewing will open on Saturday, January 5. Auctions sessions will be held Sunday, January 6 through Saturday, January 12. The bourse area will open from 2PM-7PM on Thursday, January 10 for the Professional Preview. For a $100 registration fee, payable on site, Professional Preview attendees will have access to the bourse area prior to the regular public admission hours to the bourse. The Professional Preview is open to both collectors and dealers without booths.

The NYINC bourse area regular public hours will be:

Friday, January 11	10AM-7PM
Saturday, January 12	10AM-7PM
Sunday, January 13	10AM-3PM

Public admission is $10 for a three day pass valid throughout the event. Children 16 and under with an adult are admitted free of charge. A $5 admission discount coupon valid Friday-Sunday may be printed by clicking here.

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