I have a new soft spot for kangaroos :*(
The thing that looks odd to me is that parts of the rim seem pretty sharp while the rest of the design that would be equally high in profile is...
He must have been doing that since sixpence were still in circulation :)
That is absolutely hilarious :D
Oh man, someone must really hate their guitar to use those. Ruin the strings and scratch the finish.
The toad pouch is pretty cool. The kangaroo one... I'm guessing that is the animal's "teabag"?
I hope the dude that paid 500 people to stand in that line for him got lots of MS-70's lol
The nova looks like Crosby 1-B, but the relatively sharp raised rim at the top of the second picture without any sign of dentils is concerning.
Seems like this should be a fun thread idea. Just saw this:...
That link is asking for $9 per pound. You can get the same kind of bulk lots of common modern coins for around $5-$6 per pound total cost on eBay....
I'd love to visit Cuba. Been to pretty much everywhere else in the Caribbean so why not. Almost went out there back when I was in college in the...
Don't think there is any way aside from asking the seller. I usually only look at auction prices when researching something though. BIN prices can...
It's a modern novelty piece. @manymore can probably give you more info
The sad part is that the counterfeiters know full well what the signs are that people can use to identify their coins. It's not an issue of that....
Great pickup :) I love those newly listed BIN's. Have gotten ridiculously good deals like that, though I look at the world coins category, the US...
I guess the lesson here is... don't imbibe while using it next to regular beverages :)
Possibly an obvious red-flag question here... but, why in the heck would anyone in the 19th century use cyanide to clean coins? It was widely...
From what I understand there was only one medal made each year. Stack's archives has the one from 1946, it sold for over $5k. The listing mentions...
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Ahha, yes that's true. Though it doesn't seem like cuteness standards changed much until the 20th century :)
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