Shame on the finger print. It comes down to what is in the set. If I suspect what they are, some are restrikes but still worth a bit of money. It...
There's two options: Learn it the hard way or learn it the expensive way. I'm certain many would be keen to teach for a fee and put it towards...
At this point of time, production of various metals cannot be sustained at this price. Certain level of production will eventually have to be...
But my 25 kopek has some wear so it must have seen some circulation! [img]
The overstruck 10 cash coin is actually a poor example. This is overstruck over a 1896 5 fun. Note that there are three different varieties of...
If you give it second thoughts - this was quite innovative at its time and would have given counterfeiters a big grief. Think about this - they...
Kolhoznik - maybe. I don't live in the US so the logistics to ship it to any TPGs is just too difficult to fathom. There's a couple more than I...
I have a couple of favorites in my collection from Brazil. [img] [img]
My personal favorite is this: [img] Shows some proof like features, possible old cleaning but honestly - at a low mintage, I feel really...
I don't believe the purity of the silver wire kopek were that high. There may be the possibility that the Alexei silver kopek were of higher...
Because this was struck on silver wire, there can be big variance. I am not aware of any studies but you will need to send it for XRF to find out...
I had a look around and didn't think that Cuba had a mint! Trying to find their official homepage but it looks like they may not have one?...
I like it! It's going to make the counterfeiters a harder time to counterfeit such features.
I'm curious to know where Cuban coins are struck these days. As far as I am aware, early Cuban coinages were struck in the US before the US...
For historical price quote of platinum, please check here: http://www.kitco.com/charts/liveplatinum.html Note that the prices of metals are...
I guess counterfeit bullion is a serious issue which is already happening with gold bullion. Fortunately silver is not as high as it used to be....
Have to add - the Kirin 10 cash also looks odd as well. It could be varieties. In particular the calligraphy looks wrong as well as the number...
This is one coin that metal head collectors are highly after due to the metal content. I know it's not technically in the Empire era but I had to...
The unslabbed 5 cash is from Fujian Province (Fookien). The Jiangsu 5 cash is actually very nice and highly desirable. 5 cash coins in general are...
I think sometimes you need to stop and wonder about the mint's prospective. Platinum coins are very difficult to be sold at bullion prices due to...
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