Saw a bunch lot of countefeits uploaded to omnicoin and I had to write something about it. The so called expert challenged me to explain why they...
I make no apologies for this but we should all keep away from modern counterfeits. Reason being is, if we keep on buying such counterfeits, it...
Here's one question I have - Do you believe the original host coin is genuine to start off with? I believe not. There's a crap lot of shocking...
Thought I'll make this into a postcard format and see how it looks like. Doesn't look too bad in this format to be honest. Bought most of them...
As we may be hearing - Malaysia unfortunately hit by bad news for the past few months. While there's little we can do other than pray for their...
To clear a few assumptions, I'll continue. 1) These were not bargain coins. Chinese and Russian coins and I paid good money on them. Definitely...
I guess this can happen to anyone and it might be a lesson to learn. Just a while ago, I lost my job and it's only recently that I found a job...
Your coin is dated 1887. While this coin has a "chopmark" on it - this DOES NOT detract value from the coin. Also please do not clean the coin...
Canada has recently lost that record non-cents. Australia now has the ton gold coin. http://www.1tonnegoldcoin.com/
The largest gold "coin" that was circulated that came up to mind immediately was the Japanese oban. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cban From...
My policy is this: 1) Know your field in and out 2) Buy when you know a coin is a bargain. If it's a duplicate, upgrade or stash it away and or...
Poltinas or 50 kopeks are in general tougher to find compared to 1 ruble coins in almost all years with the exception of Nicholas II. More...
From memory, this particular coinage was actually overstruck over an older coinage. I have been looking for one with a nice clear overstruck...
This is the number: 266,480,000 266.5 MILLION. I personally think this number is staggering unless you beg to differ.
I picked up a rather interesting old coin book published by the Bank of Korea dated around 1970s and this book really astounded me in many ways -...
It's rather funny how this thread came up. There's two particular coins that I needed for my collection and I have been looking for at least...
I have to politely disagree. While this seems to be a way of reducing counterfeits in the market, this alone is not good enough to exterminate...
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