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I have an ABNORMAL 1957 quarter. What is it, or how can I find out, and is it worth anything?

It sounds distinctly different than other quarters, and any other coins for that matter, because I knew it was different as I jingled some changed in my hand. I singled out this 1957 quarter and found that it is also the color silver all around the edge, rather than having that brown tone quarters normally have.
It may seem weird for me to say it "sounds different", but I… Continue reading

5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 19, 2010 at 3:27 am

Categories: Trivia   Tags: 1957 silver quarter real or counterfeit, Coins, color silver, colors, eagle side, first thought, handful, Quarters

How many kinds of foreign currency do have in your house?

I just looked in the drawer and we have Danish, Hungarian, Slovaki, Czech, Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, Brazilian, English, Euros (and old francs and marks) and Canadian! Mostly leftover coins we couldn’t exchange back but some folding green (and other colors!) Dang, I forgot, zlotys! Polish zlotys used to be a joke (How many zlotys in a pound? A pound of zlotys!) but not anymore….
What do you have in YOUR wallet?… Continue reading

4 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - August 11, 2010 at 3:00 am

Categories: Canadian Coins   Tags: Coins, colors, czech, dang, danish, hungarian, joke, junk drawer, slovaki, wallet, zlotys