First off, let me state that I am an experienced world coin collector and I have several local sources of coins for my collection. But lately my...
There are several examples from the 1950s through the 1980s of Egyptian coins featuring classical motifs. Here are a few quick ones I have photos...
These are good points. I was thinking about how the silver coins are usually proportional to their value.
Who's ever seen a currency where the threepence is much bigger than the sixpence, even though they're made of the same copper-nickel metal? And...
Thanks for the help. I found it now in Krause. It was further down than I thought it would be.
So what year is that in the Western calendar?
This came in a holder that was labeled 1931 Afghanistan 25 pul, but I can't find it in Krause. Am I just missing it or is it something else? I...
Thanks, very informative explanation.
So I'm a copy editor with an English degree and spelling and languages are kind of my thing. Recently I purchased a bunch of those "coin sets of...
I have to agree with the above. No matter what happens, there is still a need for a venue like eBay and no other competitor can seem to get any...
I've always wondered for states with no income tax, how do they pay for public services and government? Money has to come from somewhere.
First off, it's not hard if you buy a handful of coins a year but what if you literally buy thousands, and many of them in bulk? I collect coins...
Here's an example of how impossible it is. I collect foreign coins, mostly from junkboxes, though in the past I bought a lot on eBay. So I'll go...
Regarding the above comment, I've been wondering about this. You only have to report your profit, but what if you have no way to accurately...
I have two albums just like this. Almost complete series of pennies, half pennies and farthings going back to 1860. Full series of all non-silver...
When I first started collecting world coins, Great Britain and Mexico were the two main focus areas as I tried to collect everything. I eventually...
Here's a broad level overview of my Mexican collection. As you can see it's big. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I had no idea about all the varieties. I got this one last month. [ATTACH]
Here's the second group, along with a 2 centavos from Puebla that I got last week. This is a local issue from the civil war period. [ATTACH]...
I picked up some very nice Mexican coins at a coin shop last month. I wish I could say I paid melt for them, but they knew what they had. Still,...
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