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This Viral Online Thread Has 30 Coin Collectors Sharing The Gems Of All Their Collections
While for many, coins are just another form of currency, for others, they are a little bit (or way) more. Most often, these people are coin collectors who strive to gather the most beautiful, rare, and/or expensive coins in their collections that they can. Yet, understanding a piece’s value can be tricky to the naked eye. So, they turn to various online and offline channels for help.
One such channel is the r/coincollecting subreddit. In it, people are welcome to boast about their findings, ask to determine their uniqueness and worth, as well as just admire what a variety of coins can be found in the wild. Since our list is assembled from images posted by this community, let’s jump in to see what goodies they found, shall we?
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As early as 105,000 years ago, humans started collecting things. Back then, people in the Kalahari region of southern Africa collected crystals, which did not exist naturally near the area where they were found, making them a valuable collectible.
Ever since, the act of collection has evolved, and nowadays people gather various things. From books and CDs to stamps, baseball cards (or other kinds of cards), and coins—people always find something worth investing their time, money, and home space in.
#5
8 Reales Colonial Mexico Coin From A Year 1740
#6
Chuck E Cheese Token Coin From 2005
Speaking about coin collection, there’s a whole subreddit dedicated to it—r/coincollecting. There, people can ask others relevant questions, like about a coin’s worth, share what coins they found, or simply admire what others were able to find. It was created back in April of 2010, and ever since, it has gathered 109K members, making the community the top 2% in size on the whole platform.
Today’s list was assembled from this exact subreddit. In it, you’ll find various coins from different times and places. It just shows how even a seemingly insignificant piece of metal can hold so much history within itself. Or be actually fake and just giving numismatists false hope.
If you read the last sentence, you might wonder what a numismatist is. Well, knowing the topic of this article, it’s not surprising that it describes a person who is a specialist, researcher, and/or collector of coins.
#7
A Box Of Undated Type 1 United States Coins
Ron Man 1 day ago
Those aren't undated coins. Notice the one in the pack actually shows the date. These are silver quarters that were in circulation and are highly worn out. The date would be at the feet of Lady Liberty on the front, but are worn down. You can't see them in the pic, but if you were to look at one of these, you'd be able to barely make out the date on them. These types of coins are considered junk silver as they are so worn they have less silver than they did when newly minted. The old mercury silver dimes can be even worse; which is where the saying "one thin dime" comes from.
#8
Old Brothel Coin
It should be noted that the term is a rather broad one, as it encompasses not only collection but researching money too. To be more specific, various means of payment were used to exchange goods and resolve debts throughout history.
So, coin collection can be differentiated from numismatics, as usually, it focuses on solely collecting particular coins, not other forms of currency, like bills. Some research is involved in the collection, as by trying to gather beautiful, rare, and historically significant pieces, collectors have to be in the know in order to find them and/or determine their value.
Several factors help to determine this, such as the coin’s type—whether it’s a circulating one or a commemorative design.
#11
1 Oz. American Eagle USA Gold Coin
The latter are designed to be collectible items, often celebrating key events and themes. Also, the commemorative designs are individually packaged and categorized into three standards: circulating, brilliant uncirculated, and proof (these ones are often struck in precious metals such as silver and gold). So, as you can see, figuring out the type can drastically increase (or decrease) a coin's worth.
Besides that, factors like official mintage (the number of coins produced), design, condition, and source matter as well. Yet, figuring out all these things might be hard to figure out by yourself.
So, it’s normal for collectors to look for help in various places, the discussed subreddit included. And while they look for help figuring out their findings’ value, we common folks get a gallery full of fascinating coins to enjoy.
#13
1874 $20 Double Eagle Liberty Head Gold Coin
#14
Magicians Coin From 1967
#16
1944-S Mercury Dime
#19
Irradiated Dime Of 1942
BeepBoop is Lonely (she/they) 1 day ago
so I checked out the reddit page to find out what this was and ofc it had an answer. @Parking_Jelly_6483 says: At the NYC World’s Fair of 1964-65, there was an exhibit at the Hall of Science (was intended to be permanent and is still operating but as a museum; the New York Hall of Science) in which you could put a dime. In those days, most were still silver, though the transition to the clad dimes occurred in 1965. Their device, I assume a isotope neutron source, would radiate the dime and make it radioactive. Like other museums that did this, they had a Geiger counter to show that it was indeed radioactive. The ones from the Hall of Science were not in holders. They didn’t talk about the isotopes generated (or I forgot what they said) but the majority had a short half-life, so they were gone usually within minutes of leaving the exhibit. One isotope, silver-108m, does have a much longer half-life of about 400 years. So if you have one of these dimes, it is still radioactive. (short v)
#20
1923 Peace Coin
The Loneliest Monk 1 day ago
Received one of these in change after a purchase at a drugstore in the early 80s. Wonderful moment for a young coin collector.
#21
1944-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar
BeepBoop is Lonely (she/they) 1 day ago
Apparently this person just.. found this on the ground. (this coin is worth $10-$15)
#22
1964-D Roosevelt Dime Silver
#23
Fake United States Draped Bust Quarter
Ty Stratton-Quirk 1 day ago
Okay, I may have stopped collecting coins 20 years ago, but even I know that's a Morgan dollar, minted over 80 years AFTER the draped bust quarter was replaced.
#28
1940 Wheat Penny
#29
Possibly Fake 1881 U.S. $1 Coin
#30
The 1867 $3 Coin
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RamiRudolph 1 day ago (edited)
Welp, "from Various and countries" was a lie. All except 4 (if you count the pirate fantasy coin) were from the US.
Surly Scot 1 day ago
I couldn't see that written anywhere. Did the author read your comment then go back and change their article? lol.
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Faelwolf 1 day ago
Not really a collector, but have accumulated a few interesting coins and tokens over the years. Oldest is a East India Company trade token from the colonial period, taken from a discovered shipwreck off the east coast. Most humorous is a bordello token from the American Civil War era. I used to carry that one in my pocket when I did CW reenactments for when some button counter would demand we "prove" that everything we had on us was period authentic. :)
RamiRudolph 1 day ago (edited)
Welp, "from Various and countries" was a lie. All except 4 (if you count the pirate fantasy coin) were from the US.
Surly Scot 1 day ago
I couldn't see that written anywhere. Did the author read your comment then go back and change their article? lol.
Load More Replies... Faelwolf 1 day ago
Not really a collector, but have accumulated a few interesting coins and tokens over the years. Oldest is a East India Company trade token from the colonial period, taken from a discovered shipwreck off the east coast. Most humorous is a bordello token from the American Civil War era. I used to carry that one in my pocket when I did CW reenactments for when some button counter would demand we "prove" that everything we had on us was period authentic. :)
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