Couldn't have happened unless the sale was in 1969 or earlier! That's when the circulation of all bills over $500 was banned as an anti-money...
Oh how I wish you were right! The pictured coin is actually dated Meiji 9 (1876), and has a mintage of 25.817,570. In VF Krause values it at...
Munro's 1904 Coins of Japan has been on my reference shelf for years, but I finally decided to actually read the whole thing, which starts off...
Right on!
I hadn't run across this law, probably because I generally "hoard" coins, and don't use them to pay for things. Of course I've never had any...
I bought Fisher's Ding from Scott Semans some years ago. He's the first one I would check with if I were looking for the Chinese language...
Anyone else old enough to remember the old poem that started "It was a dark and stormy evening, the sun was shining bright"?
Klingon 5 Upurs?
Are those the obverse/reverse of the same coin? My guess from the pictures would be AU-59-MS62 obverse and VG-F reverse, but I am a notoriously...
This thread demonstrates why I wouldn't even consider answering those questions in a public forum! *&^$%#*$%^!!! I just realized that this is...
A couple hundred dollars investment, and $100-300/year monitoring fees is "too expensive"?
Here's pictures of a complete "coin" from the same series of .900 fine gold pieces honoring Venezuelan native chieftains. [IMG][IMG] About...
It depends on whether the laminate was the type surfaced with glue. Removing that kind without damaging the paper is extremely difficult, if not...
Translation: Great Japan Imperial Government For Military Translation: Great Japan Imperial Government The first three characters (right to...
Look again at the super-sized picture of the reverse. The faint words "FAC" and "SIM" are in the spaces between the eagle's wing and the faces in...
An honest ripoff artist?
What browser are you using? Firefox tells me: Google Chrome tells me: Internet Explorer tells me: Opera is very emphatic and...
I really hate to disagree with the Great Guru, but that's only true of nickel-clad and nickel-bonded coins, which began as "sandwiches" of...
I'd make a substantial wager that you have a Chinese product. They are very frequently 22g +/- a tad, and wide rims are another trademark.
Just think of all those EBayers!
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