Manchukuo or better known as Manchuria was an area that was occupied by Japan during WWII. I found the 1943 1 fen to be unusually difficult to...
Finally completed the toughest 3 kopek set with these two coins. Only exception is the 1958 3 kopek, which is extremely hard to obtain / pricey....
Russian platinum coins have an interesting history. There's allegation that platinum coins were restruck during the early Soviet era which were...
It depends and obviously it depends what market you are talking about. From what I see, the gap between the rich and poor is widening and this...
If a Canadian penny is worth a dollar, I don't know how you are still receiving electricity to connect to the internet - thieves would have been...
Please let me know where you can buy such cleaned genuine platinum coins for 'not worth that much over melt' and I'll buy a hoard of them and turn...
Looks strange. The photos are not good enough for me to tell me anything. There are known counterfeits of this particular coin. I don't have...
Got some interesting coins from Chile. This is a few of them: Struck in medal alignment. All the other coins that I have are struck in coin...
I wasn't a big fan of pre-Meiji provincial coinage either hontonai until I saw a few examples while I was in the Daimaru department store in Tokyo...
Quite certain that these don't appear very often. First up is a square looking coin from Sendai Prefecture. Cast in iron - has an interesting...
This coin is slightly different from the normal fat man coin. If you note, there are two characters beside YSK. It reads "Gansu" which means the...
Not to break the bad news but don't you think the coin is harshly whizzed / cleaned???
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1906 from Chihli Province, China. Might use this site that I made as a reference: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/china/china_province.htm
Why??? I don't see how melt value outweighs the historical aspect of this coin. That would apply to every single coin struck prior to 1900s -...
Probably best to back out of this series if you are looking for a reasonably priced VF coin - because they still cost a lot. I missed my chance in...
Older type of 5 kopek - http://gxseries.com/dump/russia_5k_21_pg1_small.jpg 1933 and 1934 5 kopek are tough in any condition.
Another page of 3 kopek coin 1961 - 1991. Full set http://gxseries.com/dump/russia_3k_61_pg1_small.jpg This was a lot tougher than I thought....
All copper coins look ok to me. The most valuable one is the Fengtien 20 cash coin. On some random day, it might sell close to 100 dollars or...
The reality is this - This is a rather difficult "coin" to discuss over the internet without physically inspecting it. Most people have not...
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