COINage Magazine has printed an article of mine in its February issue. This article on South Korean coins discusses the most sought-after coins,...
The surfaces on this silver proof coin are puzzling to me:...
I've seen this same error on other 1974 South Korean 100 Won coins: The "7" in the date seems to be missing much of its relief profile. Is this...
This is another "Hwan" coin with a less-commonly-known history and set of data. These coins were stamped with the "4292" (1959) date, but the...
I notice a weakening in the design characteristics from the beginning, to the end, of the First Series 100 Won (1970~1982) and the Second Series...
Never seen this curious little Korean coin set before......
If you study heavily-circulated examples of this South Korean coin, you will begin to notice the overall wear patterns on the main device (Admiral...
I like the look of "striations" on coins (sometimes called "die finishing lines"). These are tiny, raised marks left on coins from coining dies...
CAPs Albums made a video to show off their system (below). The company's updated webpage now makes it a lot easier to create your own coin-page...
Here are two Japanese 5 Yen coins, year 33 (1957), the big key date of the series. These coins are being sold by two different stores online....
This one comes up often at online auction sites. It's a South Korean 10,000 Won 1988 Olympics commemorative featuring the Archery (양궁) event. It...
Here is a South Korean 100 Won coin. It's "graded" at MS66. If these images suffice, would the surfaces of this coin set off any counterfeit...
I've seen a posting by a member of the Oriental Numismatic Society (U.K.) who mentioned a dealer of Chinese numismatics as "the most reliable...
Here are specimen examples of the 1984-issued "500 Years of the Catholic Church in Korea" ( 천주교전래 200주년 기념주화 ) 1,000 Won and 10,000 Won coins....
I wonder what others might think is an appropriate number of coins for an Olympic commemorative set, and what would be an appropriate mintage...
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