Here is a recent purchase (today). An 1970-1972 Egyptian 1 pound commemorative silver coin (25.0 g, 72% Ag). About the same size as a Morgan...
Decided to buy some unclean ancients, gave them several weeks in olive oil and some are clean enough for me to try my hand at identifying them....
I've tallied the answers for the world coin giveaway, the winner is jayant! Please PM me your mailing address. Thanks to everybody who submitted...
Here is today's purchase, a 1 birr from the time of Menelik II (1889-1913) who initiated Ethiopia's transition from fuedal to modern society. It...
I ran across this one yesterday, a 1949-S wheatie with a tilted S. Checked it against the others that I have and against the coppercoins.com...
I have tried to design this contest for the members most likely to be interested in the prize. The hoard to be awarded includes one to four modern...
I would like confirmation on what this token is, I assume it is US patriotic civil war token but I cannot find this specific pattern in the...
Please give your opinions on the grade. Also on my photos, this is my first day using this camera.
A question for collectors of Spanish colonials. Other than some of the dealers listed in VCoins (like Civitas), are there any others who I could...
I wanted to share one of the Christmas presents I gave myself. By no means rare, it is a silver drachm from the Turko-Hephthalic empire, the Hindu...
First, a brief history of Ethiopian money: Menelik II ascended to the Abyssinian throne in 1889 and ruled until his death in 1913. He introduced...
I understand that the 1877 Indian Head Cent often (always?) has a particularily weak strike on the southeast corner of the N in ONE. This does...
I was recently handed a bag of coins from a relative, mostly European, but with a set of old Canadian cents mixed in. There are some great coins,...
Just wondering what anyone here thinks this coin might be worth. It is a 20 Bolivar gold coin from Venezuela, 6.45g Au, 1912. Attached some...
I agree this is a one-of-a-kind coin http://cgi.ebay.com/1831-capped-bust-half-dime_W0QQitemZ140045803375QQihZ004QQcategoryZ3356QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Suddenly there is a lot of discussion about holed coins. For what its worth and at the risk of being presumptuous, I would like to relate a...
Quick question. Deciding between subscribing to Coin World, Coin Values, or Coinage, which is the better bang for the buck in your opinions? Not...
This coin was for sale a few weeks ago en eBay. It looked suspicious to me, but since I have never seen a confirmed fake 1914-D, I wanted to get...
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