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gxseries replied to the thread 大朝鮮 vs 朝鮮 "Great Korea" vs "Korea" (Korea Yr. 505 = 1896, 5 Fun).
Found a scan of the book cover. [img] Issued by the Bank of Korea. I believe it was issued in 1969 / 1970. If you can find it and...
Jan 22, 2021 at 6:51 AM -
gxseries liked JeffC's post in the thread Anybody have any “white gold” coins?.
This is the Japanese piece that I think @gxseries is referring to. This one is 1860-1869, Japan, 2-Shu. But it's not 75% gold. Just...
Jan 21, 2021 at 10:13 PM
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gxseries replied to the thread Anybody have any “white gold” coins?.
I believe the small Japanese gold bu coins is classified as white gold as it's made with low grade gold and silver.
Jan 21, 2021 at 7:49 PM -
gxseries replied to the thread 大朝鮮 vs 朝鮮 "Great Korea" vs "Korea" (Korea Yr. 505 = 1896, 5 Fun).
Good pickup @The Eidolon . Will update. It's perfect timing as I have to add in this [img] A pattern tribute coin which you can see...
Jan 21, 2021 at 5:35 PM -
gxseries replied to the thread 大朝鮮 vs 朝鮮 "Great Korea" vs "Korea" (Korea Yr. 505 = 1896, 5 Fun).
@The Eidolon : Silly me - I knew I did a fair bit of research on this. I have already done this on my site...
Jan 21, 2021 at 7:39 AM -
gxseries liked masterswimmer's post in the thread An incredible lucky find!!! Score of a lifetime!.
Wow! It could easily just have been someone's inheritance and they saw nothing special in those rolls not being a collector. Happens...
Jan 21, 2021 at 4:43 AM -
gxseries replied to the thread 大朝鮮 vs 朝鮮 "Great Korea" vs "Korea" (Korea Yr. 505 = 1896, 5 Fun).
Eidolon - I know no Korean. This period of Korean coinage sparks my interest as it reflects the start up of a new currency as well as...
Jan 21, 2021 at 4:13 AM -
gxseries replied to the thread 大朝鮮 vs 朝鮮 "Great Korea" vs "Korea" (Korea Yr. 505 = 1896, 5 Fun).
There is a book that was issued by the Bank of Korea back in 1970s which covers this. Back in mid 1800s where various mints were setup...
Jan 21, 2021 at 2:56 AM -
gxseries replied to the thread 大朝鮮 vs 朝鮮 "Great Korea" vs "Korea" (Korea Yr. 505 = 1896, 5 Fun).
You are right about politics. China especially yuan Shi kai - well known as fat man on Chinese silver coins strongly opposed such...
Jan 19, 2021 at 2:04 AM