What an education for your daughter! I hope that Doug5353's collection will inspire her to always look outside of her environment for further...
Karl Stephens and his lovely wife Joanne are one of the hardest working and honest world coin dealers/couples I have encountered. They have...
My Canadian family is in BC. I am in northern NJ. Mail with contents other than a letter will take between a week ten days to reach me. I can...
Once again thank you for all of your responses. This exercise has prompted many good comments about collecting, specifically in the non-U.S....
Thank you. I hope we keep this thread going as I am and hope others are learning more about coin price dynamics specifically in the non-US arena.
Thank you all who have commented so far. I intended to start this thread asking a broad macro question. I has evolved further to examining coin...
LOL. But hold on .... Is Siberian Man linking the image Queen of England to Antarctica? Wow, that is cold!!! I do not think the coin is Canadian...
Many thanks for the continued comments. I think we are all learning from each other based on our individual experiences. I look forward to more...
Thank you Doug. Your response is definitely thought provoking. I presented the three collecting categories as merely examples of what I collect....
Over on the U.S. Coin Discussion Board there is a vibrant conversation from dealers and collectors stating that U.S. Coins prices (mostly post...
@Coinsandmedals: Thank you. I am wondering if the Carlos IV 8 Reales re-minted in the English Soho Mint was debased or if the Bank of England...
You have piqued my interest with your comments. I did a simple comparison using Numista to find out that in 1804 the Bank of England issued two...
@Coinsandmedals: Thank you for a great write-up. I too collect old Irish coins. I wonder if the silver 1804 George III Six Shillings (Sp#6615)...
I have not purchased any coins or stamps from Soler y Llach - a Barcelona based auction house. However, I have purchased coins in auction from...
Yes, I collect the Free State banknotes known as the Ploughmans. I also have a full series of the Lady Lavery notes.
Physics-fan3.14: It is customary in Asian countries i.e. China, Taiwan and Korea to list family name first then given name. The only difference...
Parthicus is correct. The Japanese coin reads "Kanei Tsuho". It is likely from the Kanei era (1625 A.D.) and part of the private mintage of Sato...
Hi Stork: Great to have your input on this thread as well. I too had been unsuccessful in earlier auctions with both Taisei and Ginza. However,...
ewomack: You can reach out to either Takeuchi family member at Ginza Coins. I speak Japanese (not fluently though). They both speak good...
Mlov43: I forgot to mention that certain Japanese commemorative coins, for example, the gold Yen 100,000 of 1987 (mintage 1,000,000) celebrating...
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