So I have a side project I've been working on over the years for fun whenever I buy junk silver. Namely that I have a few Danscos where I am...
The year 1848 marked the last year of the reign of Emperor Ferdinand I & V due to his abdication, as well as the first year of the Hungarian War...
I saw a European seller with a large inventory and a couple obscure booklets listed at 20 Euro each Buy It Now, with the Make An Offer option. I...
I'm trying to figure out what the earliest year is that the USSR produced a proof-like mint set, but I'm coming up empty on trying to find an...
I recently acquired a Hungarian 1894KB Nickel 10 Fillér (KM-482) with some lovely errors, but also something I can't readily explain and I'm...
Has anyone gotten back a coin so badly rotated that they sent it back in for reholdering at NGC's expense? I know there is some acceptable...
2019 for me was focused primarily on building my modern Hungarian type set. In working on this set, I discovered something that is not documented...
Here are my 10 favorite purchases of 2019: Hungarian Parliament of 1861 with Presentation Case AR Medal 50mm This medal commemorates the...
What TPG do you prefer for world coins and why? For those who prefer world coins raw, still choose your favorite TPG if you had to pick one. This...
Recently I've been focusing on completing the sets of minor types from the Hungarian periods I collect, and I have just completed the set of 10...
Here's an 1887KB Krajczar I picked up. If you look at the rim on the obverse from 9 o-clock to 12 o-clock (and on the reverse opposite this to a...
Has anyone had success in getting NGC to grade a world contemporary counterfeit? I've done some reading on this and it seems like it's a grey...
Here's a coin I regretted missing out on at Heritage in January 2016: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I underestimated the value a bit and lost out, but I...
If a coin is restruck by a government and distributed as an original, is it really a restrike? For example, the 1804 dollar or 1964 silver...
The Newman Numismatic Portal Dictionary (https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/dictionary) defines a pattern as a coin which has not been approved for...
Recently I've been focusing on completing the sets of minor types from the Hungarian periods I collect. The 2 fillér denomination was introduced...
Do you have rules for whether or not you upgrade a coin? If so, share them. What I generally do for my sets: If the coin is < $100, I will...
As my Hungarian classic type set has gotten to the point where I am mostly upgrading or acquiring patterns and trials, I decided to branch into...
How do you define eras of coinage? For example for America you could define eras as Colonial, Early, Classic, and Modern. As to the cutoff dates...
For macro photography, I have a Nikon D90 body, which has a built-in autofocus motor, but I use an older Nikon Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8 Lens that...
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