Following up on the set of 1992 Hungarian patterns, I discovered the seller has a broader collection of modern patterns for sale; a collection...
I've been working on a date set for the Austro-Hungarian korona (1892-1916) for many years. The previous top grades I've gotten for any of the...
I sell a lot at shows as a vest pocket dealer, and some shows I attend primarily to sell. I always look for what I collect, but infrequently find...
Grading moderns and determining when slabbing is worthwhile is a much tougher game than with classic coins. Keep these as they are and just put...
A somewhat narrow definition. There are many coins produced that are not commemorative and are not intended to be used in commerce, including run...
They do it out of indifference. If they had their legal team spend time on figuring out how they can allow these coins within the letter of the...
Any ideas on where and when it originated? Is there a known provenance on the L&C example?
Yes! I have one of these as well. The game version that it came with is a tough one to find nowadays.
Still, that wouldn't be struck on a quarter planchet, it would be a dime planchet punched from quarter stock.
Unfortunately, many auction houses do not disclose problems. Some do. You just have to figure out which are which and bid accordingly. Don't give up.
Yeah I gotta agree. This is still impossible to read. The problem is that your system for formatting posts isn't the accepted standard. It's...
Well, this blew my budget for a bit, but it was worth it. A complete major denomination set of Hungarian 1992 business strike patterns. 50 pieces...
Couldn't it just have been mounted? That would account for central wear, however, you also have to account for die rotation when you look at...
I don't mind them on trade coinage.
I agree. I don't agree with Insider on this topic, and he may be really stubborn, but he unquestionably knows his stuff.
Oh the irony. You know there is a published standard for replying to HTML messages on a forum. This standard exists to enforce uniformity between...
Exactly. This is what I've been advocating this entire thread.
Gem grades start at 65, so gem proof is just PF65 or better.
No, because they are ancients.
Your comparison of change due to emergent technological advances (the automobile) is not valid. There was no fundamentally missing technology when...
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