This just got auctioned, but when I looked for it in my Standard Catalog (37th Edition), it wasn't there. Looks real to me (though I've never...
This was sold as a "small German coin". Small it is, 16 mm and 0.4 grams. Obverse says (I think) "1558 Solidus", and maybe "PRUSS", with a big...
Today I got a lot of French colonial coins which I've been cataloging. But this one isn't in the Standard Catalog. Now I'm familiar with...
1914 Italian 5 Lira with Victor Emmanuel III in uniform, KM #56 . 25 g of Ag 900, 273,000 struck, but my Standard Catalog (37th Edition, 2009)...
The 1924 Rubel says BCEX CTPAH, COEДИHЯИTECb! ПРOЛETAPИИ I can just make out Proletarii, but the rest is beyond me. Siberian Man, you should...
This looks to be a 1/24 Thaler, and reverse legend "RVDOL II D G Ro.I.S.A" looks Austrian to me, but I can't find the coat of arms (crowned with...
Here's my latest acquisition and my very first Kazakh purchase. Cost: 3 Euros, sold as "Kushan copper coin". Are there any Kushan collectors in...
This coin looks very authentic to me, but I can't figure out why its not in the Std Catalog 1801-1900 (6th Edition, 2009). Commemorative to the...
Anybody know anything about this coin? It's not in the Std Catalog for 17th Century (or at least I can't find it) nor in the Unusual World Coins....
My son-in-law found this coin in his parents' attic. To my surprise, I couldn't find it in the Standard Catalog for the 19th Century (6th...
The post "I was emailed by a counterfeiter" was a real wakeup call. I don't much like the idea of slabbing coins, after all I want to hold them...
This coin is being sold as a "Turkish" Rechenpfennig (a contradiction in itself), and, aside from the word TVRCKI on the obverse there is nothing...
Here is a "coin" my brother-in-law won for riding. Doesn't seem to be a medal since it has no ring for a ribbon. I doubt it's very valuable, but...
A series of 5 yuan silver[ATTACH] pieces is being auctioned. I (and the seller) can identify all of them except this one, which looks like one of...
Here's my new 5 Leva coin from 1884. I assume БЪЛГAPИЯ = Bulgaria but can anyone tell me what CЪEДИHEHИE-TO ПPABИ CИЛA-TA means? [ATTACH]
Here's a coin that just got passed to me, and I don't know where to start looking. Hammered Copper, 3.5 g, 16 mm diameter, with a kind of sketchy...
Some Iranian 20 Rial pieces say "F.A.O.", and some do not. Does it stand for "Food and Agriculture Organization" or something completely...
Here is what I take to be a long-cross penny from Edward I or III (I can't tell the difference between the designs). Is it likely real, or does...
Can anyone help me identify this coin? I think its French, but am not sure, and cant find it in either Duplessy or Boudeau-Feodales. 15.5 mm...
I mean modern ECU-predecessor-of-Euro. There are a lot of them out there, many quite attractive, and only a few are in World Coins. Has anyone...
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