Blue Book would have you buying at low-ball prices. Good for business, but bad for the conscience if the person in question has one. If you want...
That's awesome. I collected as a kid and then restarted when I was in college. Something about a childhood hobby always sticks in the back of your...
I haven't been selling on eBay for a while, but when I did I also offered free shipping worldwide. It was a bit costly, yes, but I also got much...
Just don't be foolish about it and you'll do fine
The fact that they say "krugerrand commemorative" tells you everything you need to know. Official issues simply state the denomination.
This is true, and also says something very sad about humanity.
This is an ultra common, gold plated, 0.3 gram modern token that is and has been all over eBay for a long time. Often thrown in as a freebie or...
They are common, but interesting in that this design was used for a few years, then brought back 50 years later for a couple more years. How often...
I don't think these are of Chinese origin, they are actually too crude for what the Chinese are pumping out now. I would think Central America...
Lots of 10 cash overstrikes on Korea 5 fun are believed to have been more recently to fool collectors. This one looks better than those however....
Copper copies of silver Chinese coins are all over eBay. Trial strikes do exist, but the market is flooded with novelty/fake/fantasy versions and...
Movies and shows often get stuff like this wrong. A while back I posted a screenshot from a series called Peaky Blinders, which takes place during...
Series/type specific photo-grading books can be useful for learning to grade circulated coins, but you won't get much, if any, use for point...
As I recall, this token is listed in the US Tokens catalog by Rulau. When I get home I'll update this post with the catalog number for your...
Also a handy quick reference for some basic facts....
Looks like a play coin or arcade token.
Here is a Finland 5 Markka 1946 that I posted a few years back that has extreme roller marks on one side. Notice how they are actually deeper and...
Pretty much my view of life :)
Ask @manymore To me it looks modern, they often bake these in an oven to get this bright green color.
There doesn't seem to be anything in the literature on this countermark until modern times. Also it doesn't make any sense for the communists to...
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