Spitsbergen coinage is interesting - it's issued for a Russian coal mining town off an island that belongs to Norway. All coins were issued in...
I would recommend JNDA catalog as well. It's not too terribly expensive. I struggled to find Hartill's book - not a lot of sellers wanted to ship...
If you look for countries that commemorate Chinese zodiac, rat / mouse is one of the animals that appear on them. Here's a list of countries...
Some may not be a big fan of toning but these are really beautiful. Congradulations on it as well as thanks for showing them.
I think a dime was used to overstrike to become a Lincoln. It's definitely worth a fair bit although I'm not well versed in this type. Probably...
Derick, thanks for the awesome photos. I like them. Will look out for them. Hiddendragon: I like them! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and...
mlov43: you might want to read this article. I'll give it 10/10. http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/copper/240798.pdf I disagree...
Thank you onecenter, will look into those coins mentioned. Mark: Yes, I would classify those as transitional coinage as well. Photos as shown:...
I personally find transitional coinage to be quite interesting. Why? Before I start, I think I might need to define what transitional coinage is...
Regarding the weight, I don't think it is a problem. The technical weight of a mace should be at 3.78g and a candareen is 0.378g. 3.6 mace would...
Worth just face value. Nothing more, nothing less. Period.
Can you please show us the edge of the coin?
Never assume otherwise you will be burnt. This is just a few examples of some of the high quality counterfeits out in the market....
With Chinese Pandas, you REALLY need to know what you are dealing with otherwise you will be bitten with counterfeits. There are some high quality...
Thanks scottishmoney - looks like I'll have to put more than a couple of cents in this. Here's an example over at ebay....
Yours could be an overstrike as well Siberian Man. Pictures aren't clear enough but I suspect it can be a possiblity. I do not think it's rare...
Agreed Doug, they skipped the hassle of melting down old coins and making new planchets.
The way I see overstrikes, I see it as a cheap way of using old coins and producing fresh coins out of them. Whether this is to erase old monarchy...
Looks a bit too modern looking in my opinion but I don't collect these so I can't say I'm an expert on these.
It does not look genuine to me to be honest. Fonts just doesn't look right. Will look up a reference when I get around to it.
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