I received this one today. It is the proof coronation Crown from 1953, mintage 40,000 pieces. [ATTACH]
That sower design is one of the most beautiful world coins, IMO. On par with the Walking Liberty Halves. Great coin! :thumb:
This is one of my favorite 20th Century horse coins, from Albania. [ATTACH]
I started a horse-themed topical set of coins about 6 months ago. I have been adding coins periodically. You can see what I have so far here:...
He just doesn't want to leave his prints on the coin! ;)
I got this one last week on eBay for $8.75 + $3 shipping = $11.75! I agree with yakpoo, there are a lot of great clad beauties out there. [ATTACH]
Huh? This doesn't make any sense to me.
Coleguy, great summary. :thumb: I personally collect lots of modern coins, and I collect them because I like them. It's an interestingly one-way...
It looks kind of similar to something like this: [ATTACH] BUT, it could still be fake. It's hard to tell from the pictures. And, like I said,...
I know absolutely nothing about this, but it looks Gold in the pictures, not silver. So salt water corrosion wouldn't really affect it, IMO.
He never said they were "melted". He said they were recalled and destroyed. Millions of Euro coins are removed from circulation by government...
I won this one tonight in an auction. I will post my own pics when I receive it in hand. Looks like a beauty! It is graded SP67 by PCGS and has...
I liked the dentils on this one.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I love that the "4" of the date is backwards! Great piece!
Here is a more modern rendition of the image. This is a part of my "Horses" topical set of coins. It's a great design. That 1930 coin you have...
There is one of these for sale on Teletrade in todays auction: http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=3127&lot=2209&nextlot=-1&imagetype=j
Buy a small point and shoot camera with MACRO function and a timer function (around $100 or so) and a copy stand or tripod ($20-$60). I promise...
A strongly struck and nicely preserved 1791 Yorkshire Conder Token. [ATTACH]
:thumb: I have to agree. Cameras, even less-expensive ones (less expensive than a scanner) can take better photographs of a coin than a scanner....
I personally really like the 2005-2010 SMS (Satin Finish) coins. They were only released in Mint Sets, which have relatively low mintages. They...
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