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Thank you for the attribution, Hontonai! I really like the coin, and it looked genuine to me, but you never know when buying it from a street vendor. I am ordering Early Japanese Coins by Hartill...

I haven't noticed any higher frequency of counter stamped coins on eBay or heritage, but those are only in the areas I am looking in, which is american coins and east asian coins. I find them really...

I picked this 39mm coin up in Kyoto earlier this year near Yasaka Shrine from a street stand. I also picked up eighteen 11-wave 4 mon coins that are genuine. I could not find a listing for a 100 mon...

The "cast" part was refering to their method of manufacture, which was cast, as opposed to hammering, milled, or struck. I have been collecting East Asian cast coins for a number of years and this is...

I just saw this coin on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/1111-1117-China-Northern-Sung-Ae-Large-Cash-ANACS-VF25-/281036826728?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item416f19a868) and it was the first time I've seen a...

I was browsing e-bay and noticed someone selling a silver one yen coin (scarce year) but the reeding looks suspect to me. I'm thinking it's a fake, but I wanted to see if anyone thinks so? It looks...

Wow, I'm just reading this thread. By coincidence, I reported all of zoniahinklemuen's auctions yesterday after I saw that the Korean 5-yang with the same cert number looked completely different in...

The Indo-China series is really beautiful. I'll add mine as well. it's a 1937
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Update: I saw this on CNN and thought I'd pass it along, a picture of the 1909 cent on Mars:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16132.html

NASA notes that "The new MAHLI images...

Here's my smallest coin:
Japan 1871 Gold 1 Yen
12mm, 1.677
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My Latest: Japan, Meiji 4 (1871) Gold 1 Yen (High dot variety)
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Here is a big Vietnam (Annam) 100 cash cast coin from 1841-47. I scanned it next to a Maria Theresa thaler to give a sense of its size (It is 52mm). It has traveled down the family tree and before me...

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Wow Cmcart, your Morgans look awesome! I don't have any CC-Morgans, but I have a couple CC-quarters and a CC-half. All of them have been around the block a couple of times, but that's the best kind...

Recently saw this Seated Liberty Dollar on Heritage and couldn't pass it up. It looks like whoever made it made a spelling mistake? B M R or B M BALCH? This is my first counter-marked coin.
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1684 Brunswick-Luneburg 2/3 thaler, someone liked the horse so much they made it into a necklace!
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Everyone here has some really nice seated liberty halves! Mine (1877-CC) doesn't compare condition wise, but it's probably had its fair share of fun!
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I really like the Seated Liberty CC's, too. Imagine all the history that the coin has seen! Here are a couple of my CC's (all quarters)
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1807 Draped Bust 50c

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Seeing all these beautiful coins made me want to pull a couple from my collection to add to this thread. As you can see, they are "holey." Enjoy:http://i47.tinypic.com/20t5amg.jpg...

nice 2/3 Thaler! I have a similar one that I posted before. I bought it because of the unusual denomination. It wasn't in PVC, but it has its own problems:
http://www.cointalk.com/t60051/
Congrats...

Welcome to the forum! I use a commercial product in my safe called Drierite. Many laboratories also use it. It is made from natural gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) and can also be regenerated. Plus it comes...

Are you just visiting Houston? This is non-numismatic related, but if you were in the mood for a bite to eat I would recommend Ruggles Cafe Bakery for lunch or dessert which is two blocks from...

Would it be worth it to get the loop removed to be conserved by NCS?

I have never been to US Coin on I-10, but I have been to the Houston Numismatic Exchange in Rice Village - http://www.hnex.com/ They are really nice there and have been helpful to me.