I suggest to take a look at the ANA eLearning Academy video they added lately. [MEDIA] To my surprise, it was pretty common even before WW1 for...
It looks like self-fulfilling prophecy - everybody talks about coin shortage, which causes hoarding, which causes even bigger coin shortage. For...
Well, You can view the edge of the coin in any angle You want :) However, as much as I have seen, people usually "read" the edge from left to...
I would guess something like that: Regular milling - |||||| Oblique right - ////// Oblique left - \\\\\\ It doesn't matter if you look obverse or...
It is in Estonia, Seidla manor. The wiki page in Estonian, if You want so see the pictures without antique dealers :)...
Finally, after long winter and then this pandemics we had finally proper antiques flea market (of course coins were only small part of it, mostly...
I would guess MS68. And it is 1991 cupro-nickel restrike (there is P on the reverse after date) of Russian 1902 37,5 roubles (100 franks) coin.
Estonian 2 euro 2016, dedicated to the Paul Keres (1916-1975) Mintage 500 thousand [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
One reason I can imagine why the coins go cheap is not selling them outside US. When I browse world coins, there is more than often "Does not...
Vodka must be at least 60% pure alcohol (120-proof) to kill viruses. As much as I have understood, the virus is basically small fat-ball. So,...
Few from my collection [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The edge and rims looks strange. It looks like somebody has made the coin smaller than it initially was. The coin should have reeded edge and it...
I really like the MS 66 RD Lincoln 1 C. Not because of the coin, but the slab itself - it looks like the guys in NGC were so impressed about it,...
I think that 70 vs 69 is easier than 69 vs 68 for example. 70 should be perfect (under 5x magnification or whatever). As soon as there is...
From NGC's page: Not all coins are eligible for +. Coins grading from NGC XF 45 to NGC MS 68 or NGC PF 45 to NGC PF 68 may receive a +, while...
There is date on it - 1992. So, some modern souvenir token.
Some cheap ones. Chinese one cost 1 euro (i intially thought that it is made of nickel, but apparently its silver), the rest cost 3 euro. Should...
According to my knowledge 1971 2 new pence coins are common as dirt. The rare and expensive ones are 1983 2 NEW pence coins (instead of 2 TWO pence)
Maybe "novodel" would be good term to use? Novodels in Russia were also made by government. As I have understood sometimes they even re-engraved...
Nicholas II 5 rouble weight is actually 4.3 gram
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