LKNS Basics
This is our first club rule.
What is "HAVE FUN"?
This is the place on the globe that had a coin made (and is probably where it was used).
What is its COUNTRY or NATION?
This is how many different LKNS Grading Projects an LKNS Member can complete.
What is THREE?
Looking up collectibles in one of these helps us figure out what it might be worth.
What is a PRICE GUIDE?
This is the lowest denomination currently used for LKNS Auction Money.
What is the SHILLING?
This is our second club rule.
What is "BE RESPECTFUL"?
This long word tells you how much the coin can buy; sometimes called its "face value".
What is DENOMINATION?
Before you can get credit for grading a coin, you have to take it here to be checked and initialed by a coin grading expert.
What is the Xenia Coin Shop?
This is the nickname given to "A Guide Book of United States Coins", based on its color.
What is The RED BOOK?
This gold-colored LKNS Coin is the highest denomination currently used for Auction Money.
What is the SOVEREIGN?
This is where we can spend our LKNS Money.
What is the LKNS AUCTION?
This tells you when a coin was made and/or issued.
What is the DATE or YEAR?
This is the grade between FINE and EXTREMELY FINE.
When holding high-value coins or paper money, you should probably wear these to protect the item's value.
What are GLOVES?
This company has struck all our LKNS Coins, plus our LKNS Medal and Membership Medal, since 2023.
What is the OSBORNE MINT or OSBORNE COINAGE COMPANY?
This is where we meet for MOST of our meetings.
What is the LCA LIBRARY?
This is a thick book we use to look up and identify coins.
What is a COIN CATALOG?
If a coin is not quite in Mint State condition, but better than Extremely Fine, it is called this.
What is ABOUT/ALMOST UNCIRCULATED (or AU)?
This is the nickname for those cardboard coin protectors, based on their dimensions in inches after folding and stapling.
What is a 2-BY-2?
Four of this LKNS Coin is equal to an LKNS Sovereign; its name matches part of its reverse design.
What is a CROWN?
This is the year LKNS held its first meeting.
What is 2017?
This letter-and-number combination helps us identify a country's specific type of coin.
What is a CATALOG NUMBER?
This is the Grading Project that includes the Barber Half Dollar.
What is Grading Project 3?
This is the technical name of the magnifier you hold close to your eye to inspect a coin; jewelers also use them.
What is a LOUPE?
In 2018, our first official LKNS coins were struck in 4 metals, using a hand-carved die set and this heavy tool.
What is a HAMMER?