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There are fake mint sets in particular China. In fact in some cases, even the mint set boxes are worth a fair bit of money because some fraudlent...
I think you would be looking at a very hefty premium. Many were struck with low mintage and unless sellers couldn't care less of what they will...
This is a rather unusual question but a good one to think about. In these days of globalization, many companies would import goods from overseas...
This may be of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_parting
A lot of the rarer coins in my collection come from the US. As you might have guessed, it's only because they are valued lower in the US and that...
Let's just say, sometimes good karma comes in your way when you do the right thing. I believe in it.
It's still rather common in VF condition. It gets harder in XF and rather scarce in UNC condition. Hence the high price for what you see on ebay....
It's not from Manchukuo. It's from East Hopei dated 1937, denomination 2 jiao. http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18830.html In this...
Congradulations! I know that feeling!
Details wise, this actually looks very good. I have taken some photos to compare against. I just happened to have the same type and mint by...
It's only a matter of time when people realize that the more coins are broken loose from original mint sets, the scarcer the mint sets become. I...
Those 1971 coins would be worth easily 40 times of what you paid for, if not more. All of them are tough semi key dates. Shame that it wasn't in...
You must find out what the exact weight is. A rough estimate is not good enough. A difference of 1 gram is just too great. Edge wise, it doesn't...
Weight is a bit too low for this type. This should be around the 26.4g weight.
Looks "ok". What is the weight of this coin and can you please a photo of the edge?
This coin has sparked an interest when I first saw it. While Swedish counterfeits of such 5 kopek are known and are quite rare, this brings...
Some examples of my pattern collection [img] [img] [img] Here's my collection of world pattern coins:...
Obtained a rather interesting overstruck coin for my world overstruck collection. This coin is from Azores - a Portuguese colony which is about...
How do you know these bunch are not plated lead and comes with extra heavy metal bonus such as arsenic and cadium???
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