Probably each one is worth its weight in the constituent metal (+/- a small premium depending on whether you are buying or selling).
The birth coins are one thing - great idea. The celtics are something else entirely. What kind of marker do you plan to put on them to...
C'mon pal - isn't it about time you expanded your horizons and moved into the Darkside?
It's shaped like a Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Annamese cash coin, except for the irregularity of the center square hole. It's probably corrosion...
82, which is middle-aged my young friend.
I couldn't disagree more! I don't consider anyone "old" unless they are at least 10 years older than I am, and chances are very good that neither...
As stated in Posts 2, 6 and 9, its Greek. As discussed in Posts 2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.
Nice pictures of the Osaka Mint at the end of that piece.
Isn't that basically what I said here more than a week ago, and referred to in this thread here?
Another hallmark of a great seller:
This snippet from Yakpoo's link is another way of phrasing what I've been saying all along! Can we drop this subject now?
Over the years I've bought many coins on eBay, at prices from <$1 to >$5,000. My very few bad experiences all involved transactions under $20....
Reading Kanji/Chinese numbers and translating them to western dates are two separate tasks. The first involves simple memorization. The second...
There have been a number of threads recently discussing the correct method of dating Chinese moderns.
I give up. My belief that 1911 must be added to any Republic of China year to determine the western date (which is shared by Krause) is obviously...
I strongly suspect post-mint damage. At first glance it appears to be a defective planchet, with the outer cladding layer being incomplete, but...
The basic design (Y#72) was adopted in Showa 24 (1949). In Showa 34 (1959) the calligraphy of the reverse legend was changed (Y#72a). Upon the...
Apparently you either haven't read other people's posts, or you believe we are a bunch of incompetent liars. In case you didn't realize it, the...
It's a new one on me! Great catch. A few years ago I turned in about 5 kg. of circulating coins gathered over many years to my bank in Japan,...
I am. Your right to not pay, resulting in loss of the vehicle at a lien sale, doesn't alter the nature of the obligation. Well, according to Title...
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