Coin Collecting

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2009-11-22 Coin Collecting - Alabama state luxury and sales tax tokens; Mississippi sales tax token:

Hi Stephanie, here are a couple links that explain their purpose, history and scarcity: http://users.pullman.com/fjstevens/tokens/taxinfo.html http://www.tokenandmedal.org/Tax.htm http://www.taxtoken

2009-11-22 Coin Collecting - 1913 gold 2 1/2 dollar coin:

Hi Thomas: The approximate retail value of a $2 1/2 gold coin, according to "Coin Values" is in the $275 to $360 range, but with gold "hot", and trading at the $1150 a troy ounce level, the coin

2009-11-22 Coin Collecting - 2000 Virginia State Quarter misprint:

Hi Debra: It is hard to give you a precise answer without a photo or actually examining the coin. It sounds like you may have a minor off center strike. State quarter errors are very collectible

2009-11-21 Coin Collecting - DOUBLE SIDED QUARTER:

Hi Tove: Your coin is likely a "magic coin" used to trick people when you guess heads or tails, for you always loose when this party picks "heads". It is an interesting conversation piece, and they

2009-11-21 Coin Collecting - UNITED STATES SILVER CORPORTATION COINS:

Hi Gregg, This is a privately issued piece and is called a 'silver round', usually a one Troy ounce (31.1 grams) of silver piece. http://www.cmi-gold-silver.com/1-oz-silver-rounds.html It is worth the