You will find that this catalog will pay for itself many times over in the knowledge it gives you. Just leafing though it is very rewarding, even...
I would like to add to this, #10 If you are bidding on multipule items and the shipping cost is $4 for each, make sure you know the combined...
Thanks for all the input! This has been very helpful in understanding the history of the piece, that mint mark was exciting to find. I realize...
If you go to: http://www.vcoins.com/ search the ancient coins category for 'uncleaned' and a bunch will pop up. The dealers on this site are...
Thanks, Kevin, that was a cool historical post.
If they were real it would be the buy of a lifetime.
Looks like the date is 1884. I'd pay a couple bucks (including shipping) for it at that grade. L@@@@K, LOL.
I've always been amazed that they 'lost' those dies. Rather expensive mistake, and easily avoidable given the importance of the situation.
I was at a coin shop the other day looking for a 1893-S dime to fill the hole in Dansco, and came across this one. The repunched mint mark caught...
That first coin has me all interested. Good theme given the circumstances. Thanks for sharing.
That is for Egyptian issues starting 1916. Before that, there was the 4, 10, and 20 Para, 1/40, 1/20, 1/10, 2/10, 5/10 and 1 Qirsh (40 para = 1...
That seems like a good price for that coin, and it looks great.
very nice :thumb:
That's an excellent looking coin, thanks for sharing.
I'm going to guess that it is Chinese, ruler Chia-Ch'ing (1796-1820), minted at the Tung mint, Yunnan.
That's quite the haul! it pays to be persistent when looking for silver halves. Most of the banks I go to never have them.
It means Bank of the People. But peuple can also mean citizens or nation (as in nation of people).
That was yet another interesting tidbit I knew nothing about, thanks!
I don't know about India specifically, but they occasional have auctions with many world coins (slabbed and raw), there was a big one in January.
A friend of mine who does not know coins was in Cairo last week, Despite not knowing much of what to look for but having a good eye for...
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