I'd like to get some plate money and mount it on a wall display as a piece of art in my living room. If I was looking for an inexpensive example,...
I went into this with my eyes wide open. There's always a chance that someone is selling coins without a clue to their value (happens all the...
Huh. That does seem like the same obverse design, but I wonder if my set are restrikes? I don't see any hint in the packaging that these were...
It looks like the reverse was added after you posted. It's actually a Dutch 10 cent piece from 1917. It's comparable to the US dime of the same...
I'm going with $115.33 And I hope that I'm way under-guessing (because my collection will be worth more, even if it doesn't benefit from the prize)!
The only gold coin I have is a Mexican 2 peso from 1945. Not so small that I have to worry about sneezing around it, but not a huge sunk cost...
That sums up my thoughts pretty well. But, I'm not sure when they were issued. 1968 seems pretty far fetched... but 1978, 1988, 1998, or 2008 all...
The shipper failed to provide tracking information (and I never received any 'US Gold coins'):
I wonder - would a tissue test work for telling 50% and 80% silver coinage apart? I'm going to have to get a handful of 'unknown' Canadian...
There are also several 1910's-1930's art deco medals that I think are absolutely stunning. They manage to get muscle tone and physical structure...
I'm partial to the various 1918 Allied Victory Medals. The French one is my favorite: [ATTACH]
Nah, that totally looks like a Milo Rombaldi design to me...
I concur - it appears to be damage done to the die from striking a collar. After the die was reset, the collar damage would occur along the edge...
At the risk of violating 1950's TV rules, I'd like to have a mature discussion about your favorite coins and medals that celebrate the human body....
Thank you! Any idea what the mintage was, or was this one of those dates where only a fortune teller would claim to know an exact number?
This gives a totally new meaning to "I wonder if that coin has been cleaned?"
I'm waiting on a 4 skilling I ordered from Denmark, and I was wondering if anyone with a 19th century Krause book handy can help me find out some...
One story suggests that the owner (a wine merchant) may have been making money off of the books during Prohibition. There's a good chance that...
I recently purchased a pair of MLK medals (bronze and .999 silver) that are in original mint bags from the "Coin & Currency Institute". I'm...
How much do those catalogs usually go for? I saw 4 copies of each at the local Half Price Books the other day (for $30 apiece, I think). I very...
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