This may or may not explain such listings, but I've read that online dealers will sometimes increase prices of an item to a ridiculous "no one...
This is one of my favorite hammered coins - from the above, mine seems to look like either a Bohemond III or IV, but I've never done a detailed...
I'm amazed at the amount of people who never see a connection between "market news," including YouTube videos, and sales. News feeds sales and...
Yes, it could be a name. And it could also be Persian, since Persian corresponds highly to Arabic script, but none of the letters use three dots...
I am no expert, but I have some knowledge of Arabic. #1 looks like "خمد" to me, but it's often hard to interpret handwriting, especially when...
A very nice Liberty, indeed. It looks "proofy" to me as well, though I'm playing along mostly to learn and improve at this sort of thing. I'm...
I have toured the Philadelphia, Denver, Winnipeg and Ottawa mints within the last 6 years. In all of them, I saw very few employees throughout...
Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.
This MA-Shops listing claims a mintage of 1,500 for the 5 pound. But this page claims a mintage of 1,000.
After visiting Uruguay some years ago, I started buying examples of the country's coins and currency. I found the 20 Pesos note below somewhere...
Posting a picture always helps.
They consider it a "fee" for using their counting service, but it only applies to people who don't currently have accounts with that particular...
Thank you @SteveInTampa . So it looks like the Red book that I have (6th edition, dated 2020, which I just purchased within the past two months)...
I'm confused. I have the 1935 G Silver Certificate below, with a motto on the back. In the US Paper Money Red Book 6th edition, on pages 43 - 44,...
My bank removed all of their coin counters a few years ago. If I have change to cash in, I need to use my wife's bank, but I have to use her...
If it's an altered Mercury dime, which it could be, then the silver test would pass. The "16" in the date looks really suspect. Others have...
Thank you for all of your work and research on this coin, @Roman Collector! What started out as a slightly indulgent birthday present for myself...
Being a fan of both ancient Stoicism and ancient coins, it seemed inevitable that I would eventually have to pick up a coin from the reign of...
It looks heavily damaged from machinery, like this one that I have: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The small Mexican gold coin is referred to as a Maximillian "gold fantasy token" and it contains .006 gold. They can sell for up to $40.00 today....
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