That's a really nice one Drusus. My only original concern was that if it is indeed genuine but that is beyond my field.
You know Speedy, dealers actually sell them in coin shops here at about 8 times the face value in BU condition. Seems crazy doesn't it, for a coin...
I'm not too sure but is that really genuine? Seems too perfect for a coin that's over 300 odd years old.
Kids you better hurry ;) If you aren't happy with the portrait of them, well at least you can hit someone with that coin as it's a huge hunk of...
Just a word of say - De Orc I'm not in this competition but will try to get people to participate: The Aussie 50 cents coin especially the one...
More pictures coming up! You should check the rarity of some of them in your Krause - they are just extremely RARE. [img] [img] [img] [img]...
In the next part of my story, you get to strike your own coins. Machine [img] Unused planchets [img] The coin that I got [img] Struck in...
Here are some intro pictures - there are too many to sort through as there are three different digital camera sources Here are the outside of...
Unless you can prove that it was done by the mint, chances are that it's worth less.
No, Perth is too far away from here. Maybe later in the future but not any time soon. I don't wish to debate about British Commonwealth. That...
Warning: Can be very long without pictures! (will upload them when I find the time) Just last week I was in Canberra for a trip. Canberra is a...
Here is one commemorative coin from Russia with the lowest gold fineness ever minted: [img] Even Tsar gold coins were minted in much higher gold...
Congradulations. Must be quite difficult to put together.
MS62?!?!?!?!?!?!?! What on earth? Did they have bank vaults 600+ years ago? Nice one anyway
Where are the pictures??? Geez this post will get quite dull. Here is one that picked up from circulation: [img] Not going to complain...
You don't really want to put your retirement funds on that. Most, if not all are very common coins and worth a few cents to a couple bucks or so....
The South Korean token if I am not mistaken is actually some kind of bus token used in the 60s-70s.
You should have included a new trivia about overstrikes. Now that's going to be a fun post where I have some interesting coins to talk about. :)
Maybe this: http://www.pandaamerica.com Goldbay is awful by the way.
Try Greg at http://www.chervonets.com or ebay. Otherwise you are expecting to pay mad prices on these two hot markets at the moment. :(
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