It did circulate very briefly according to a few people that I've talked to. It got hoarded quickly within the first year unlike the 100 yen...
Definitely Chinese. Really neat!!!
Tough one. I personally preferred to have left it as it is. Nothing was wrong with it. It's still a rather scarce coin at minimum.
3 cents??? Might as well have 3 dollar coin while you are at it. Helps out with tipping
It is not the safe that is the issue. Sulfur in gunpowder would be the culprit for causing such toning.
Timing has to do with a lot of things. I bought most of my Soviet coins when silver was around 5usd / oz. Most of my Russian coins including many...
The silver coin looks genuine but will still need to know the weight for confirmation. I don't think its worthwhile to be graded as the value...
Bargain genuine Chinese coins from 1900s rarely exist unless you really know what you are getting. A typical Chinese saying is if you don't know...
I would want to be paid to dispose such potential toxic heavy metal 'token', not buying them.
The cost of setting up a mint in Mars would be too astronomical. Instead transactions would be in terms of Mars bars. Perhaps by then, all...
I got around to free up a bit of time and decided to work on the early Korean machine coinage. Had to rephotograph everything as I used different...
Something looks very wrong. This is easily a 4-5 figure coin. If you look under the number "6" of 1767, near the character "Tsna", it looks like...
It's Yunnan province muled with Anhui Province. Who knows if this is one of those metals laced with lead and arsenic. I would not even touch it.
I think you are quite late in the game. Some rare key dates have went several fold to what they used to be. The real question is how much are you...
I'm sure I have a XF+ - aUNC 20 cash coin somewhere in my collection. Meanwhile this is one that I took a while back. Interesting die crack...
It just means I have to update my digital album... It was quite a bit of effort to get there...
I don't remember how many of the 20 cash coins I have - perhaps 4 but all of them except one are overstruck over Xinjiang 10 cash. The other one...
Something looks really wrong with your coin Loong. I'm afraid it looks more like a contemporary counterfeit. I've got a few of these coins. The...
The 5 yang and 1 whan have always been expensive because of the low mintage and survival rate. 1 whan survival number is supposedly at mere 77!...
Linda, unfortunately both of the crown size coins are not genuine. I don't recommend them to be used as jewellery as the alloy may have traces of...
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