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16 Jun 2022

POKEMON TRADING CARD GAME COINS: A NICHE IN THE GIANT

Provided you haven’t been living under a rock for the last 25 years, there is a chance that “Pokémon” has been screamed in your face at least once. Or check your phone. There are 150 million people that play Pokémon GO. Plop them in a nation together and you could have a little Indonesia. Pokémon makes a crud load of money. TV shows, video games, etc. However, a section (still pretty large) section of the franchise (which makes more money than Marvel or Star Wars) is the Trading Card Game. Surprisingly, these paper card games have an item of interest for coin collectors.

01 Jun 2022

US Mint: The Government's Sentinent Derp

Coins-United States | coinfodder

My quarantine from visiting the US Mint's webpage has ended. Lets take a trip and see what we find, shall we?�

08 Mar 2022

FIFTY STATES OF COINAGE: Part 28: Nevada

Coins-United States | coinfodder

He ran out of money in Nebraska, after a sooner stole it. He lost his car after a long night in Vegas. He spent all his water away in the Great Basin. He went into a deep slumber, one rivalling the bears and other reptilian creatures in its scope.

20 Jan 2022

The NumisRap: by Coinfodder

World Mint Exchange | coinfodder

This is the NumisRap. This was put together in about 10 minutes. There is no rhyme. This is a song how a man so pissed at the US mint packs up his car and goes shopping at coin stores all over the United States.�

18 Jan 2022

I'm not dead

Exonumia | coinfodder

Hello Everyone.�SCHOOLI HATE ITI promise that I will find some way to start posting again during the summer.�"Did a timer get reset? Because two Georgia sports teams can win a year. (sorry bama)"

01 Dec 2021

A Quick Update

Exonumia | coinfodder

Hola.The great CoinFodder here. Recently school has given me the bug...

12 Sep 2021

FIFTY STATES OF COINAGE- Part 27- Nebraska

Coins-United States | coinfodder

From now on, Coinfodder shall be referred to as The All-Illusive and Holy Coinfodder, God of Coins (OK, that's a little too far).

28 Jul 2021

Everything that is in my head right now...

Exonumia | coinfodder

Hey Everybody! This is everything numismatic that is going through my head right now. So, without further ado...1) What is with the US Mint's packing?Have y'all gotten your hands on the new Type 2 Silver Eagles Yet? Well, point aside, the coin is pretty, let us tell you that. However, the packing IS THE DEFINITION OF CHEAP. No more nice little container that contains the felt-lined box. Now, the packing is what they use for the commemorative half dollars- open, felt lined little piece of JUNK, and a cardboard cover. Disappointing.�2) Why does the US Mint make us wait 5 months for a coin?I have asked myself this many times as I wait for our coins to arrive via Snail Mail. The US Mint is very fond of placing out little coins for early (yes, very early) preorder, then making the numismatic faithful wait months. Groan. Stop this cruel practice, and only set your coins to order when you can dish them out right away.�3) Olympics!With the Tokyo Olympics going on right now, I decided to set the overpriced- fat cat Olympics to scale for the lay person (forgive me, but after hours on the couch watching China beat everybody in Ping Pong, this was one of the few things I was thinking about.�As on June 2021, the price was set at 26 Billion. Wow! Now imagine each dollar as a penny, which is about 1.52 mm thick, and weighs about 2.5 grams. Now please dig out those calculators. The final height of the stupid pile of penny we hoarded: 24,556.59 Miles, towering over every building in Tokyo, including the SkyTree and Tower, combined. That should place an Olympic-sized dent into the ground.�Now, for the weight- at 2.5 grams, and 26 billion of those little suckers, should weigh about 65,000 Metric Tons. Dropped on someone's head would surely be fatal, and punch a nice hole through the Earth. You know what else weighs 65,000 tons? Over 9,000 Elephants. So, Tokyo is spending the equivalent of over 9,000 Elephants, and with no spectators helping to off-set some of those elephants, we can imagine that can get pretty heavy!Thanks Everyone!�

13 Jul 2021

THE JOY OF FINDING FREE NUMISMATIC LITERATURE

Library | coinfodder

Well, I am back!!!

30 Jun 2021

BOOK REVIEW: Walter Breen’s Encyclopedia of Coins

Library | coinfodder

Honest reviews from an honest source. This is an extremely hard topic to speak on.

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