I can think of a couple of (completely uncheckable) causes -The "1" somehow broke off the number wheel, in which case every tenth note in the...
2, of course.
My guess is 17th-19th Century, but I haven't taken the time to compare them with the hundreds of images in Fisher's Ding and other references....
Cash coins are undated. All date attributions are based on the legends which generally identify the emperor or regional official who authorized...
Just a personal preference, but I try to avoid merchants who traffic in replicas, cast copies, and related [censored].
Forgive me, but when I grew up it was believed that a worker needed to master his tools to become a true craftsman or professional. In my youth...
C'mon Mr. helpmeplease. Am I right about the large one being noticeably thinner????????
The ones with an owl and the ones with letters of the Greek alphabet are definitely either Greek, or fantasies based on Greek coins. The others...
Not necessarily so! If you don't mind the auction house charges, just set a ridiculous reserve. It won't sell, but you can comfortably assign...
Betcha the large one is noticeably thinner than the other one. My guess is that it's been hammered between layers of leather. That would...
I suspect the damage is done, and it is too late for that. Operating the mouth before putting the brain in gear is never, ever, a wise tactic!
Here's a lightened version showing the detail, which appears to be one half of a mould for four coins with two obverse and two reverse sides...
This one.
Don't forget nuclear warheads!
Only 3 feedback as a seller - all too old to see what he sold. His 4 recent feedback as a buyer add up to just over a hundred bucks! I have just...
I know the postal service has a lot of offices, but this is the first I've heard that they have set up shop in Malaysia.
One more grease filled die.
What leads you to that conclusion? The double-headed eagle has traditionally been either Russian or Austro-Hungarian.The legends are in cyrillic...
5 Kopek, 20th Century Czarist Russian copper. It will take someone with more expertise than I possess to identify it as (probably) either Y#12.2...
Grease filled die. Not worth any premium.
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