I stopped by an old coin shop yesterday...

[spiny]

Not a whole lot to see there, but it was interesting. They did have some examples of their past work.

 

 

It was cool to finally see one of these up close.

 

 

I'll post some more when I have more time. I heading to Florida now to see if I can find coinhead1 and unplug his computer.

[Hoot]

Did they serve Beignets and Chicory coffee on the tour?

 

Hoot

[GP_]

very cool!

My collection is mostly based on coins from a certain southern mint, so yeah, can't wait to see more pics!

[cpm9ball]

I heading to Florida now to see if I can find coinhead1 and unplug his computer.

 

You picked the right time to come to Florida. The season has officially ended and the snowbirds are heading North. Traffic is now getting back to normal with most of the bad drivers outta here.

 

Chris

[TJ]

Here's a coin press in a Paris museum...

And tools of the trade...

[spiny]

Do you know how old that one is?

 

Like I said, there wasn't much to see at the old mint. It was just one room of stuff that was donated from the Philadelphia Mint and no one that knew anything about it. All of the original equipment was sent to Philadelphia when they closed it down. There were examples of the coins struck there on display (except for the answer to this week's trivia question) and a touristy coin shop. Still, it was worth the five bucks to go see it and the jazz museum upstairs.

[TJ]

Do you know how old that one is?

It's real old. How's that? It's at the musee de la monnaie in paris.