OK. I don't know if I have any extra special delivery or postage due stamps, however. What else are you interested in?
A few recent commemoratives
I paid a little more than $1 for the Straits Settlements piece. Not a bad deal, I think :)
I think it costs a dollar for a 1st class letter from the US to Japan nowadays, and a little bit more than that from Japan to the US. I am...
I do like those "back of the book" stamps as well, including the older special delivery stamps, postage due stamps (which I sometimes bought at...
My sentiments exactly. But I still love the Indian Head cents that replaced them, and in fact IHCs were among my favorite coins when I was...
I like US stamps, mostly 1970s and before, including Farleys and 2-cent Reds, and some foreign pictorials from the 1960s and earlier....
Let's see the coin... And then we can take it from there.
I've liked Flying Eagle cents ever since I was about 8 years old. This is my favorite one
First, the coin is well below the standard weight of a zinc cent (2.5 grams versus 2.34 grams). Second, there is no rim on the shaved side, it is...
1927 Straits Settlements 10 cents and 1938-S Jefferson nickel
How about this one?
There is no way in the world where the average investor can buy enough stock in a company to have any practical say in the company's operations...
I've seen those offered for up to $50 on the Internet. But at the recent coin shows in Tokyo, they have been selling for roughly 2500 yen (about...
If you think you actually own part of a company with a few shares of its stock, guess again. If the company has crappy management, there's nothing...
Looks like you have two Ansei ichi-bu gin (sliver) coins. The price seems about right if that's what you paid for the lot.
On the other hand, it is also an opportunity to pick up some nice silver coins for junk silver prices.
Here's something to get you started: http://geology.com/minerals/gold/uses-of-gold.shtml
Gold has all sorts of industrial uses, but it is the world's preferred monetary metal. Lots of governments are buying gold, but almost none are...
Thanks. :) It does seem to have a sharp strike. The coin is still raw, though, so I don't know how it will grade. Knowing my luck with TPGs, it...
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