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kellancoin

@kellancoin

silver, gold, history, coins, collection, numismatics, American coins, money, new, review, investing

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kellancoin
@kellancoin Aug 7, 2018, 10:38 PM UTC

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…

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kellancoin
@kellancoin Jul 20, 2018, 9:25 PM UTC

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;…

17 upvotes 1 replies $0.08
kellancoin
@kellancoin Jul 6, 2018, 9:29 PM UTC

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 Georg…

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kellancoin
@kellancoin Jun 30, 2018, 4:52 AM UTC

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 minia…

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kellancoin
@kellancoin Jun 23, 2018, 12:31 AM UTC

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 va…

20 upvotes 5 replies $0.20
kellancoin
@kellancoin Jun 16, 2018, 1:03 AM UTC

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…

13 upvotes 4 replies $0.42
kellancoin
@kellancoin Jun 9, 2018, 5:23 PM UTC

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 only one design was needed across all c…

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kellancoin
@kellancoin Jun 1, 2018, 6:17 PM UTC

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 gorgeous coin. When it was first drafted…

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kellancoin
@kellancoin May 26, 2018, 1:18 AM UTC

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 and Britannia on the reverse. It is a fa…

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kellancoin
@kellancoin May 19, 2018, 12:55 AM UTC

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 desperately needed so the government of…

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