KM = Krause-Mishler. The publishers of the Standard Catalog of World Coins. Krause-Mishler also publishes a volume called Unusual World Coins,...
If @RomanTheRussian had disagreed with me, I would have deferred to whatever he said. As you can deduce from his avatar, he knows a thing or two...
Good point.
... minimum. Your coin, with the exception of the dark specks on the rim, looks better than the slabbed MS63 to me, in strike and luster at...
I call it Choice AU, personally. And really I don't see anything to say it isn't MS? It's a "slider" at worst. XF is too conservative (though...
Literally gave me an LOL, because that one literally hits pretty close to home in my case! :P
Interesting, considering it's not one of the bigger keys.
That is a totally awesome photo. :)
PS- I like the Vietnam 50-xu with the dragons. Never had one of those. I've had the 20-su. Always liked those Laotian ones with the center hole...
I was scrolling down the pictures, wondering, "Where is Reunion?", then got to the end and saw it there. I agree with you that these 20th century...
That coin inside the slab definitely looks enviro-damaged to me.
I am clueless, but intrigued.
Aha! I suspected it might have a KM "X" number. Thanks. As mentioned, my copy of that catalog is pretty old - maybe first edition. And I'm not...
That chuckle-worthy Barber dime might not be a CAM proof as advertised, but it's a CircCam, all right. Accent on the "circ" part. Very circ.
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Does look rather mushy, as if cast ... or just poorly struck? I don't know.
Switzerland (Zurich) 1739. [IMG]
You should have, since I pointed that out to you before. ;)
It would be fun to collect stuff like that if one had space and a neat cabinet to put it all in. I lack all of that and keep my stuff in a slab...
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