kellancoin

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. Mos...

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 th...

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 th...

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 wort...

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 circulatio...

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 silv...

Classic Head ½ cent

http://i65.tinypic.com/2aetogo.jpg The Classic Head half cent is also called the Capped Bust half cent. Coins in this time period had extremely low mintages so ...

Standing Liberty Quarter

http://i66.tinypic.com/2ihmryu.jpg The Standing Liberty design was only minted on the quarter. The design was changed multiple time which eventually lead to a g...

1722 British Farthing

http://i66.tinypic.com/1zyigw7.jpg The recent marriage in the royal family got me thinking of my oldest British coin. It features King George I on the obverse a...

Barber quarter

http://i64.tinypic.com/otq72e.jpg From the 1830s to the 1890s the seated liberty design was practically the only design used for silver coins. A new design was ...

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 ...

Two Cent Piece

https://www.coincommunity.com/ustwocents/images/1866-two-cent-piece-001.jpg The two cent piece was very popular for a short time. From its start in 1864 it was ...

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 8...

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...

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 Vict...

The second biggest gold coin stolen right out of a museum!

https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/pri34671497.jpg?w=748&h=699&crop=1 The 100kg gold maple leaf has a face value of 1,000,000 Canadian dollars but is ...

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 ch...

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....

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 i...

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 fr...