Well, first you start out by being a really rich guy. Then you pick an obscure topic that nobody else had even dreamt of, like "Proctology in...
It's difficult to tell from the image on the Indian Head Cent who the model for this coin was, but after digging through the archives I found a...
[IMG] That one might not be so super rare, but this one is an insane rarity. It's an off-metal unstruck key date (1979), ddo unlisted trial...
Also check Kolbe and Fanning, and Charles Davis. The Numismatic Bibliomania Society puts out a free weekly newsletter, the e-sylum which is superb!
Cool coin! Looks like a sardine flew out the can and hit her in the eye!
Modern production. It is copying a Xianfeng value 1000 coin from Guilin province that had been amuletized.
I loved this post! I remember being in Italy and haggling with the street vendors. The trick is to have your money you want to spend in one...
I use binder pages and 2x2 pvc-free flips. I can put 40 coins on a page amd see them all. Used to use the long boxes but I like flipping through...
If the hobby ever dies then PCGS and NGC will go out of business forcing all the graders and slabbers to find honest work.
Using acetone to remove crud is cleaning. To be clear, it is chemical cleaning which doesn't harm the surface of the coin, but it is cleaning...
Xiang Fu Tong Bao 祥符通寶 Javanese imitation in lead or pewter. Ex Gibbs, ex Moquette Jean Pierre Moquette was the preeminent collector of Dutch...
I feel like I should be reading something about Alex Jones or fluoridated water in this thread.
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Looks like multiple impressions of another cent on this coin. I can see at least two rim impressions in the pictures. Angry 12 year old with two...
Got this load today. Nice mix. About 240 Japanese 1 and 4 mon Kanei Tsuho and Bunkyu Eiho, and about 60 Chinese (mostly Qing and Northern Sung),...
Sort of like mounting a loop, just more extreme. Is the coin the OP shows a ground down cent or a cast using a cent as the mother?
Whole article (first half at least) sounded like an advertorial - advertising badly spun into an editorial format. "Woe unto us, we're so sad...
If you submit tiit to a TPG just don't say where you left it, it will come back with a details grade for shelf marks. If it was in the bathroom,...
Many of the common precious metal coins issued during the Imperial period are not too badly priced. The 5 and 10 rouble gold and 1 rouble and...
You might try posting this in the US Coin forum, there are some colonial coin collectors there who might be able to help you. Nice find though!
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