A Canadian quarter issued to commemorate the 2010 Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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A 1944 Extremely Fine or About Unicirculated Centavo in my collection. What a treat! The WWII issues depicted a very US-looking crest on the obverse, as it was their largest colony. The reverse is similar to most other old Philippine coins, with a walking "Sower" with volcano. This coin was …

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A 1965 Very Fine Quarter in my collection. A lot of writing on this piece.

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From an 1897 book commemorating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee

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Image courtesy Q. David Bowers. See the September 2010 issue of The Numismatist. Dave Bowers’ Historian’s Diary column. "A Very Rare Bank Note from China"

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yes i am an optimist. You may say, "Out of Focus" and "Poorly Framed" and "wrong angle" and I will reply, "I dunno, I like it."

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No doubt still brooding on the loss of the American colonies a generation earlier.

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A 1992 Very Fine Won in my collection. Reminds me of the 100 Yen from Japan, except this one is bigger and instead of Sakura there is an old man.

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An About Uncirculated Quarter in my collection. To the collectors who do not know about colourization- this coin was coloured by the mint themselves. No one actually scribbled it with a red pen. Many coins from Canada have colour(s), and this is my first.

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2 1890 Very Fine Cash in my collection. Both coins have similar inscriptions, with "Kuang-hsu" and "Kwang-tung" in Manchu, however, the coin on the right is Bronze and the coin on the right is Bronze-plated Brass. These coins show the advancement in machinery; coins a few years younger would be …

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