As you can tell from the pics, the 1871 is very low to the "South-West" of the coin (7:00) and there are striations on the edge. Regarding the...
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Do I have pics? Yes. Are they good pics? No. Here's what I was able to put together (using a dashcam camera & a 60x pocket loupe):...
Did Guanjuato mint 10 centavos in 1871? What were the mintage numbers?
I thought it would be Potosi as well, but in 1871, it appears that Potosi was using a "Pi" mint mark. Were there pattern or transitional mint...
Beautiful! I've been thinking about getting a 1915 50c for a while, but the price point is a bit high. If I won the lottery, I would immediately...
It looks like the OP has been jumped on pretty hard, but I would say that the question is worth considering. Another way to phrase it would be -...
It does seem like the mint could save quite a bundle by doing mintage in a 6-month window AFTER orders have been placed (and maybe minting a 1-2%...
It's amazing that beauties like that are still out there in raw condition. Good find! I don't have a lot of high-end coppers or bronzes in my...
Yesterday I picked up an 1871 10 Centavo (it has a repunched 1/1 that's visible to the naked eye). The mintmark has me flummoxed though. The...
Yours is in much better shape than mine, but, yep, that's the beauty. I found the design to be very exotic (it almost looks like a fantasy piece)...
I bought a silver Ethiopian 50 Cent piece today, and was a bit flummoxed when I set about adding it to my catalog. Apparently, there were 80%...
So, why have the bigger coins at all?
When I'm looking for Arabic coins, I always forget to check the listings for Yemen too...
I tend to avoid 'unsearched' lots. But, most dealers have a 'junk bin' or 'reject box' with all the foreign stuff that they don't want to mess...
Why did some countries do that? It just seems very strange. During WW2, I think a few countries minted dual silver/bronze issues (the British 3...
McBride's coin shop in Austin was always my favorite (it's part of a gun shop, but don't hold that against them). Village coin shop (out on...
Maybe I'm confused - wasn't there a gold 5 franc from 1852-1870? http://www.ma-shops.com/galnum/item.php5?id=141&lang=en&curr=EUR
I recently picked up a silver 5 Franc and am trying to learn a bit more about it. All the info that I can find seems to be for an alternate mint...
Krause certainly seems to think so, but most Cuban coins that I've seen locally (Texas) sell at melt. And the lesser issues tend to turn up in...
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