1374 ١٣٧٤ (1954) Saudi Arabia 1 Riyal NGC MS 64 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I deactivated my Facebook account quite a while ago. No regrets.
In a society where money carries prestige, or at least the appearance of it, that idea will trickle down into collectibles as people strive to own...
I could use some "Fancy Goods." I also wonder what qualified as a "rare coin" in 1863. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very nice coin! Especially for someone learning ancient Greek! That sounds like a challenge. And this was my first ancient, a Roman Probus, which...
I would think grading would only help the bill sell, not to mention ensure authenticity. But it of course certification has a cost, but if the...
This Chuck E. is close in age to the Putt-Putt token posted earlier. I remember Putt-Putt fondly, but I don't remember ever being given a token at...
This one is from an old thread here (I didn't take this picture). This turned out to be a Pachinko token from the Fukushima area of Japan. [ATTACH]
Sorry I can't actually help, but those are awesome coins!!
When I toured the Denver mint a few years ago, the tour guide gave out "free samples," which consisted of a cent and a blank planchet. I first...
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I also have a series of these notes with the 100 Trillion. These are just the most recent manifestation of the Weimar Marks. I love the water...
Beauty is so subjective. And it doesn't have to apply only to pure aesthetics. Personally, I find that many of the cruder hammered designs have...
The smallest coin that I have ever owned is this James I Half penny from 1604-19. I have no idea how people could have possibly kept track of them...
You can also search MA-Shops. I see at least one for sale there.
I have a few old notes from España, none qualify as anywhere near pristine. The more recent ones I brought back with me from a trip to Barcelona...
Yes, the Rin was worth 1/1000th of a Yen and only 2 Rin coins were made after the Meiji era. The last one was minted in 大正八年 or Taisho 8 or 1919....
I wouldn't technically refer to the different Emperors as "variants" because they're really just different dates. That's similar to calling 1930...
The Japanese dragon Yen remains one of my absolutely favorite designs ever pressed into metal. If only the type 1s weren't so pricey. Meiji36...
This Italian 1000 Lire note also came from a pile of bills apparently collected by a relative that used to travel the world. Dating this one is a...
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