I was always a fan of the back of the book stamps, especially the revenue issues.
Very nice. It's hard to find these older issues with a cross-like design with a nice strike. Usually one side suffers with a lot of weakness....
It seems stamp collecting has declined. In fact, some coin dealers use common older postage to mail packages with, though it takes tons of them....
I do know that you can't sell them on eBay due to sanctions or something like that. Same goes for Cuban coins and a few others. Sometimes things...
This area of Europe and this time period can be tricky. In fact, some of the coins are nearly identical and it comes down to the legend to...
Formerly listed under Austria, now attributed to the German States, Silesia [ATTACH]
I am transitioning my collection to a mainly graded one and have learned to grade decently, though my collection is a world coin one. These days,...
A couple new purchases. A nice 12 Kreuzer from Hohnstein featuring a Wildman. Pretty sure this is KM# 40 due to the legend and lack of value....
I believe it's AU condition wise.
The Isle of Man has a cat coin series, maybe from the 1990s-2000s.
Just for you... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] But in all fairness, it is a small coin too!
Right! They agreed with my assessment...lol. I still fumble with finding the right numismatic terms.
We can't stop anyone from opening them early! In past years, recipients have opened early because they celebrated earlier than the actual...
I bought this lovely little rappen coin a while back because of the very noticable strike through on the obverse. In a recent submission, I...
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Neat!
I have one specific coin in my collection where the true view is overly generous compared to the coin in hand. The coin could look that way in a...
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Reminds me of our walking liberty. Very lovely design. Europe had some beautiful coins in the early 20th century, wasn't just the U.S.
Very nice. I really enjoy a lot of the older French coins as well. Very nicely struck. Nice old holder too.
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