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kellancoin
@kellancoin
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silver, gold, history, coins, collection, numismatics, American coins, money, new, review, investing
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kellancoin
steemit
2018-08-07 22:38
I am leaving Steemit until changes are made
I had a great time on Steemit for the first 5 months, but the platform has rapidly declined in the last 2 months. Everybody that enjoys my content has left. Mostly just the hard-core crypto fans are left
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kellancoin
silver
2018-07-20 21:25
Half dollars that sold for a dollar but are priceless to me
The Columbian Exposition half dollar was sold in 1892 and 1893 for $1 each to raise money for the World's Fair in Chicago IL. 2.5 million were distributed to the public but not all of them were sold; the
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kellancoin
silver
2018-07-06 21:29
Silver Canadian dimes
I found these two dimes in a bag of random foreign coins. They are 80% silver worth $0.96 each. They are beautiful coins that represent two different eras of the country. The first one has King George
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kellancoin
history
2018-06-30 04:52
Fractional Notes
The first type of paper money to become popular was actually not “dollar bills”. It was fractional notes hence worth only a fraction of a dollar. They were worth between $0.03 to $0.50 and were miniature
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kellancoin
collection
2018-06-23 00:31
Rare variety penny found
I found my first error/variety penny worth 500x face value. It is the 1998 wide AM variety penny that I found in change; others can still be found in circulation 20 years after they were made. The variety
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kellancoin
collection
2018-06-16 01:03
Three Cent Nickel
The three cent nickel is similar to the Trime in many ways but they are completely different coins. The Trime was also worth three cents but it was made of silver and due to inflation the public held onto
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kellancoin
collection
2018-06-09 17:23
Classic Head ½ cent
The Classic Head half cent is also called the Capped Bust half cent. Coins in this time period had extremely low mintages so only one design was needed across all coins. The half cent, cent, half dime,
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kellancoin
silver
2018-06-01 18:17
Standing Liberty Quarter
The Standing Liberty design was only minted on the quarter. The design was changed multiple time which eventually lead to a gorgeous coin. When it was first drafted Liberty had uncovered breasts and there
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kellancoin
collection
2018-05-26 01:18
1722 British Farthing
The recent marriage in the royal family got me thinking of my oldest British coin. It features King George I on the obverse and Britannia on the reverse. It is a farthing (¼ of a penny) so it wasn’t worth
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kellancoin
silver
2018-05-19 00:55
Barber quarter
From the 1830s to the 1890s the seated liberty design was practically the only design used for silver coins. A new design was desperately needed so the government offered a cash prize for the best design.
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kellancoin
history
2018-05-11 21:39
The rare three cent coin
Starting in 1851, the price of postage actually dropped from five cents to three cents, thus the trime (the first 3 cent coin) was born. Inflation was unlikely to happen because all currency was worth
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kellancoin
history
2018-05-04 22:21
Two Cent Piece
The two cent piece was very popular for a short time. From its start in 1864 it was used very often because Americans didn't want to deal with pennies and the nickel wouldn't be made for another two years.
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kellancoin
collection
2018-04-28 00:48
Flying Eagle Cent
The Flying Eagle cent was the first cent to be made the same size as our modern cent. It is a predecessor to the Indian Head cent. Oddly, the penny is made of 88% copper and 12% nickel. Most coins, such
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kellancoin
silver
2018-04-21 04:45
Big Silver Dollars (part 1)
Morgan dollars were minted from 1878 to 1904 and in 1921. They are about the size of a potato chip and they are largest coins excluding commemoratives. They are beautiful coins and many are in high grades
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kellancoin
history
2018-04-14 00:20
The first wheat pennies with a unique feature
In 1909 the last indian head pennies and the first wheat pennies were minted. For about 3 months the wheat pennies had the initials V.D.B. for its designer Victor David Brenner on the bottom of the reverse.
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kellancoin
gold
2018-04-06 21:55
The second biggest gold coin stolen right out of a museum!
The 100kg gold maple leaf has a face value of 1,000,000 Canadian dollars but is worth $4,700,000 usd for its melt value. The coin was one of the first gold coins to be 99.999% pure. There are 5 of these
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kellancoin
silver
2018-03-30 22:06
Silver Nickels
The 5 cent coin used to be called a half dime when it was made out of 90% silver. Then, the 5 cent coin was changed to be made out of nickel and its name was changed too; however. there were 3.5 years
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kellancoin
silver
2018-03-24 00:49
Rare Mint Coins
The New Orleans Mint produced United States coins from 1838-1861 and 1879-1909; however, from 1861-1865 the Confederacy owned the mint and made their own coins. They made a large amount of coins for the
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kellancoin
silver
2018-03-17 01:48
Small Silver Stack
Both of my collections are quite small but they have some coins with a higher numismatic value than melt value. I have only been collecting for a few years so it is just the begging of my stack. These
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kellancoin
history
2018-03-12 01:03
1847 Large Cent
The Braided Hair cent is huge compared to other coins of that era and coins now. They are 27.5mm across and weigh 10.9g. For comparison, the 2.50 dollar coin from 1850 is 18mm across and weighs 4.2g and
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