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Dad's Root Beer Bottle Caps With Cents Shared on CoinTalk
On the coin collectors' forum CoinTalk, a member called "Collecting Nut" shared Dad's Root Beer bottle caps with a cent set inside. The poster wrote that the company was founded in 1937 and that the caps were used to promote it. The source does not give the posting date.
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CoinTalk members share their biggest rookie mistakes in coin collecting
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "Rookie mistake," members described the mistakes they made when they began collecting coins. Posters said they returned war nickels to circulation, bought white coins online that turned out to be heavily polished, and would have set goals from the start. The accounts are the posters' own.
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CoinTalk Members Show Coins of Salonina From Rome and Alexandria
On CoinTalk, a collectors' forum, a member showed a 3.80g antoninianus of Salonina from the Rome mint; another member described Salonina as the wife of Gallienus. Another member and the first poster each posted a tetradrachm of Alexandria, and another member posted a coin with a deer. The source does not give the post dates.
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CoinTalk Members Discuss the Grade and Value of a 1998 Cent Posted as a Close AM Proof
On the CoinTalk forum, a member posting as "16ga" asked for an idea of the grade and value of a 1998 cent the poster presented as a proof, in a thread titled "1998 close AM." The poster judged it no higher than PR63 because of marks on the obverse and fogging on the reverse, and other members gave differing opinions. The source does not give the date of the posts.
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CoinTalk members doubt a photographed 1959-D wheat-reverse cent is genuine
On the CoinTalk forum, members discussed a photo, first posted on another forum, of a cent dated 1959-D with the wheat reverse. The owner was reported to be seeking authentication from ANACS, but several members wrote that they expected it to be a copy or fake. The source does not show when the posts were made.
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CoinTalk Members Post Coins One Type a Day to Fill a "Virtual" Dansco 7070 Type Set
A thread on the CoinTalk collector forum invited members to fill a Dansco 7070 type set album together, virtually, by posting one of its 83 types each day. The thread's date is not given in the source. One member asked to compile everyone's photos into a digital type set, and the thread's starter agreed.
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CoinTalk Member Posts a 2022-D Jefferson Nickel with Odd Toning, Reports an Interior Die Break
On the CoinTalk forum, member Pickin and Grinin posted a nickel with unusual toning in a thread titled "2022D Jefferson." The member wrote that the coin has an interior die break at the nose, and other members commented on the toning and on a mark on the "0" in the date. The source does not show the posting date.
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CoinTalk Members Share Newly Acquired World Coins, Including an 1892 Austria 1 Florin
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!", members posted world coins they had recently acquired. The first poster showed an 1892 Austria 1 florin; other posts included a 1968 25 peso pair and a 1966 Bahamas 15 cents. All details are the posters' own statements, and the source does not give the date of the thread.
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"Golden Toned or Gold Impurities?": CoinTalk Replies Say Toning
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "Golden toned or gold impurities?", a member posting as Heavymetal wrote about a coin held since 2010. The members who replied all said it was toning. The source gives no posting date and does not name the coin.
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CoinTalk Member Reports Completing a Nickel Book From Circulation, a Search Begun in 2014
On the CoinTalk forum, a member posting as NLL reported completing a nickel book begun in 2014. NLL wrote that the 1943-D had been found in January and the 1938-S in the week before the post; the source does not give the date of the post. Other members in the thread described their own experiences assembling sets from circulation.
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A Collector Shares a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold Commemorative Dollar on CoinTalk
On the CoinTalk forum, member lordmarcovan shared a 1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition gold commemorative dollar listed as PCGS MS63; the latest date in its stated provenance is 15 January 2025. Replies turned to the exposition's $2 1/2 and $50 gold pieces and to a gold dollar that had circulated.
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DLRC Offered Three Chugum PCGS Registry Sets in No-Reserve March 2026 Auctions
In an announcement published on February 19, 2026, DLRC said it would offer three Chugum PCGS registry sets in weekly Thursday auctions closing in March. The sets cover Flying Eagle and Indian cents, Lincoln cents and classic commemoratives, and every lot runs with no reserve. The announcement does not include results.
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Two Eagles and a Hare: CoinWeek on a Silver Obol of Akragas, c. 410-406 BCE
In an article published by CoinWeek on February 19, 2026, Russell A. Augustin described a silver obol struck by the Greek city of Akragas in Sicily around 410-406 BCE. The obverse shows two eagles tearing apart a hare, and the reverse a crab above a fish. All known specimens appear to come from a single pair of dies, the article says.
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1980 Jefferson Nickel Struck on Cent Planchet, PCGS MS-64 RB, Offered in February 2026
A 1980 Jefferson nickel struck on a one-cent planchet, graded PCGS MS-64 RB, was offered by GreatCollections in February 2026, according to a CoinWeek report published on February 19, 2026. The auction was scheduled to close on February 22, 2026.
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A Collector Shares a 1916 German East Africa Brass 20 Heller on CoinTalk
A member of the CoinTalk collectors' forum shared a brass 20 heller coin dated 1916 from the emergency mint at Tabora in German East Africa. The poster wrote that it was made from melted brass guns and shell casings using machinery salvaged from the wreck of the light cruiser SMS Königsberg. The source gives no posting date, and this is not a report of a new event.
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CoinTalk Members Say "PCGS" Holders on Coins Bought Online Are Fake, List Signs
In a CoinTalk forum thread, a member wrote that he told a friend that about 20 coins in "PCGS" holders the friend had bought on Etsy and eBay for no more than $50 each were all fake or stolen. Other members listed signs they said point to fake holders, such as a missing hologram and logo. The source does not give the post dates.
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CoinTalk Members Share Views on CACG Grading; One Describes Problems With PCGS
In a thread titled "CAC Coin Grading" on the collector forum CoinTalk, members discussed which grading service to use. Some favored CACG, one said they would not pay extra for coins in CAC slabs, and one member described problems with PCGS submissions. These are the posters' own accounts and opinions; the source does not show the date of the thread.
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CoinTalk Posters Debate Whether a 1958 Jefferson From a Roll Is a Proof
On the CoinTalk forum, a poster asked whether a 1958 Jefferson he found in a roll was a proof. After new photos, the poster and several others said they did not think it was, while one participant said it was a proof. The source does not give the date of the posts.
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CoinTalk Member Describes Removing a 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar From an Acrylic Paperweight
On the CoinTalk forum, a member called Mr. Numismatist described how they freed a 1964 Kennedy half dollar from an acrylic triangle paperweight by drilling and cracking the block. Other members questioned why and suggested dissolving the plastic with acetone, which the poster tried on a leftover piece and decided not to use. The source does not give the date of the posts.
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CoinTalk Members Share Times Their Own Coins Appeared in Articles, Coinapedia and PCGS Posts
On the CoinTalk forum, member geekpryde wrote that a coin from the member's own type set appeared in an article by Greg Reynolds and asked whether others had had the same experience. Other members described their own coins appearing in a blog post, in Doug Winter's Coinapedia and in a PCGS Instagram post. The source does not show the posting date.