Kurt Jaeger in his books states that the Imperial German mintages include the proof issues but did not consider them separately. I expect proofs...
Sounds like you should change or create a collecting criteria that reflects your interest. For example only coins of your birth year, coins of...
Milwaukee Police Department Encased Medal Medals A few years ago a friend of mine came up with a Milwaukee Police medal of a type that I had...
The only coin with Hitler's portrait was a rare pattern. He was on stamps though and collected royalties for the use of his portrait on them so...
Donation / tax deduction possibilities?
I have always had a fondness for the Z.A.R. issues. Decades ago there was an American dealer who specialized in South African coins and he had a...
Great article, unless I missed it, you left out one little known aspect of the inflation which I will share with you. When the German workers went...
Love that florin design!
I think all coins reflect history. Some coins are created by history like the 1943 steel cents and siege coins. Most visually interesting are the...
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The SCWC missed the Waldeck coins of Friedrich 1763-1812 which is strange since it is in Craig as C-42a and also in Schoen as number 36. It is a...
Says "WALDECK" in the legend.
The medal has been returned. It is the same one I sent him so I guess he is just a collector with cold feet.
Nice set. Back in the early 1970's I remember seeing a set of these in silver proof!
I guess the Chinese market is very strong with the Chinese buying and collecting their own stuff. Why this item would be so interesting to them is...
Was listed as an auction, then changed to a buy it now price at the buyers request. All this was done through eBay so eBay was not cheated out of...
Hard to tell on the video but it looks like a proof or a business strike using the old proof dies after the proof minting was completed.
As a rule of thumb this design is weakly struck with regard to details but the sharpness of the rims tells us that this is a very nice unc with...
Thanks Histman, I thought of that too which is why I kept my scans of the actual medal. It shows every tiny nick, scratch and handling mark which...
Thanks Buntflame, as of yet I am not sure if the guy is trying to scam me or if he is just a collector with more money and enthusiasm than self...
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