Happy Birthday Catbert!
Its tough to say what country would be my favorite to collect, I tend to get interested in a particular period of time within a particular country...
Oh, the suspense of seeing only one side of the coin at a time...
The Bangladeshi coin must be a 50 poisha (1977-1984).
stainless, look on this page and see if you can attribute the piece when you get it: http://www.calgoldcoin.com/mexico.htm
That's an interesting token, and the first side does kind of look like the real stairway.
Its a 1 baht from Thailand. Issued one year only, 1978 AD.
The date on the coin is JE 5738 (1978 AD).
howzit dipps, I lived near Joburg for a few years, yes this time of year the veld burns I remember that smell all winter long. To get pictures...
I think this is what they are talking about: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/77aa/
I think these three characters are numbers, the upside down heart shape being the number 5 in Persian script. The three numbers would then read...
There is some nice toning on that one. And I see a shadowy impression of the bust on the reverse, I believe that is called 'progressive indirect...
ldhair, those are some some great tokens.
I came across this one recently and really liked it, it has quite a history: L47, HT66A Hard Times Token 'Substitute for shin plasters' copper,...
jeankay, those are some nice varieties. I don't know what you are classifying them as now, but there are only two that look definitive to me:...
Happy Birthday to both of you!
The date is 1953.
Looking both at coppercoins and in The RPM Book by Wiles, your guess of RPM#14 seems more likely. I base this primarily on the position of the D,...
Numismatic Forgery by Charles Larson (finished a few months ago) Now reading: Official Price Guide to Mint Errors by Alan Herbert And have...
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