Without seeing the other side there's no way to tell if its 5, 10 or 20 rappen (KM#26, 27 or 29). So -5 rappen, cu-ni, mintage ~560-million,...
While gxseries is correct that coins designated "Trade Dollar" were only issued for three years, one authority points out that: Cummings then...
Please crop your pictures to eliminate the unnecessary background. That will enable you to post larger pictures of the actual coins. Also, post...
I buy from US dealers and just select the closest size for my Japanese coins, but these folks might have what you are looking for.
Millions of iron coins were cast for circulation during the millennium+ of Japanese coinage history.
Coins of Japan (1904) by Neil Gordon Munro, is the only one of my reference books that discusses the Nami (wave) sen in any detail at all....
The Japanese Numismatic Dealers Assn. 2009 catalog prices the 100 Peso note at only ¥100-400 ($1.06-4.25), depending on condition.
Have you found any non-Olympic circulating legal tender sports coins?
Not if you use pure acetone, available in any paint, hardware or home improvement store. Acetone nail polish remover has additives which may be...
Absolutely. If staples are clinched flat, the risk of scratching other coins is virtually eliminated. Self-adhesive 2x2s expose the coins to...
I agree 100%. Sticking to a magnet is proof of fakery - not sticking just means there's no steel or nickel in the phony alloy.
That's one that has worn flat, usually a P1, and at most an FR2. An AG3 will typically have at least some small raised surface features.
Stop and think about it - when dates were handpunched into the dies, they had to be incuse reversed characters, so that coin date would be...
Who says government bureaucrats can't do a superb job of working at cross purposes?
Seems to be so. The website appears to be legitimate, but I still wouldn't use an email link supplied by an unknown poster.
I asked my grandkids, but they didn't know these text message abbreviations either. Getting back to the original question - If you want blobs...
It may seem that way because many people are of that belief, but the level of reliability varies tremendously from country to country, and many...
No way. It's a pre-revolution 1000 ruble note of Tsar Nicholas II, last Tsar of Russia. The linked site calls it a 1919 issue, which is...
And just to make it worse, at the same time S/H has gone from 25¢ (5%) to $4.95 (13%+).
No print catalog/price guide can possibly be completely accurate - prices actually paid for coins vary daily, or even hourly, and print materials...
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