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 left

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; the

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 George

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 miniature

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 variety

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 onto

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 coins. The half cent, cent, half dime,

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 Liberty had uncovered breasts and there

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 farthing (¼ of a penny) so it wasn’t worth

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 offered a cash prize for the best design.

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 to happen because all currency was worth

The two cent piece was very popular for a short time. From its start in 1864 it was used very often because Americans didn't want to deal with pennies and the nickel wouldn't be made for another two years.

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 88% copper and 12% nickel. Most coins, such

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 beautiful coins and many are in high grades

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 Victor David Brenner on the bottom of the reverse.

The 100kg gold maple leaf has a face value of 1,000,000 Canadian dollars but is worth $4,700,000 usd for its melt value. The coin was one of the first gold coins to be 99.999% pure. There are 5 of these

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 changed too; however. there were 3.5 years

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. They made a large amount of coins for the

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 it is just the begging of my stack. These

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 from 1850 is 18mm across and weighs 4.2g and