Ok, I don't know too much about US coinage and therefore may be ignorant of how US coins were struck. Assuming if this was struck with a...
Copper historically has been expensive but this is no longer true due to global recession. At peak, copper was around 4.50 USD / lb but it's now...
Just make sure you know what you are getting. Unfortunately counterfeits seem to be all over the place.
Another bunch lot of Russian counterfeits offered by this seller:...
This seller is unethical despite warnings in another forum and a warning earlier from torontokuba....
A list of Australian 50 cents coin can be found at the Royal Australian Mint website. http://www.ramint.gov.au/designs/ram-designs/50c.cfm Most...
Honestly - wow. I didn't expect mint sets struck in 1940s to survive.
Wait till you start having a few of these coins. They literally weigh you down. Two coins make an ounce so imagine having 10 dollars worth of...
There's good reason to be concerned. It took me a while to realize that counterfeiters targeted Manchukuo 1 fen coin especially 1939. While I do...
The original coins struck from 1892 - 1902 were struck in Korea under the supervision of Japanese mint officers. (excluding various pattern coins)...
You can see on the reverse there are some dots in the field. Also if you look closely at the flower or the emblem, the details look too crude. You...
I guess the positive side is the Swiss 10 franc note is still worth 10 US dollars at this point of time.
I forgot to mention that the first two coins are contemporary counterfeits. The 1905 5 chon coin is in a very nice condition.
Not too sure what information you are after but I can provide some general information. I posted this in another forum but decided to copy and...
Not genuine and most likely struck in cheap scrap metal. Who knows what is in it - loaded with lead?
Another example http://www.ebay.com/sch/germanymarkcoins/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3692
The power of internet - this is just awesome. Special thanks to Mr. Johnson!
I've been fishing details around from the seller that I bought from. Unsurprisingly he is NARUed...
Ok this is disappointing - I found a coin in my collection and after looking closely at it, there are some minor differences to genuine examples....
I had a pretty rough year and have been sorting out what I have in my collection to get rid of the duplicates. I am cleaning out my Korean coin...
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