I didn't see enough Carson City coins, so adding a few of mine: 1875CC Twenty Cents [ATTACH] 1875CC Half Dollar[ATTACH] 1873-CC Arrows Half...
Thank you medoraman and manymore! That's what I thought, but as I don't read Chinese, it was hard for me to find a reference to the inscription....
Requesting some help to see if anyone could help me ID this 100 mon coin/amulet/fantasy piece, because I'm not sure which it is. I only have the...
Here's a website that has a lot of scans, it may be a start: http://coins.sudokuone.com/korea/korea_cash.htm The third one down looks like...
Saw this today about a time capsule believed to be buried by Sam Adams and Paul Revere in Boston:...
I have visited both Japan Mint locations in Osaka and Tokyo, and their mint shops have a small selection of annual mint sets, proof sets, 47...
Here is the only one that I own, no idea on the history of the countermark though: [IMG]
Just wanted to attach mine to this thread: 1937 20 centimes PCGS MS64 [ATTACH]
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...
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...
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...
The "cast" part was refering to their method of manufacture, which was cast, as opposed to hammering, milled, or struck. I have been collecting...
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