Don't feel bad -- it took me years to look at squiggly writing and make sense out of it. I bought my first all-Japanese catalog in the early 1960s.
Specifically, Taisho 12 = 1923.
That's where milk spots come from. :D
"You'd do better on eBay than 50 cents over spot..." Postage is a factor too. If a single coin is mailed in a baggie in a 5x8 mailer, postage...
Visit the websites of four or five big bullion dealers, write down the premiums for selling, then add about 20% of that premium (to spot) for a...
First you must decide if you are a numismatist or a stacker. If a crunch really comes, you will lose all the premium you paid (over spot) for the...
One good original source to search would be the Alibaba website, otherwise known as the Home of Ten Thousand counterfeits.
I found this paragraph while I was Googling sulfur compounds. This doesn't sound too good: Sulfur dioxide is used as a preservative in dried...
I get sidetracked so easy. I thought the bird on the 1987 1 centavo was an ostrich, which would be strange, since there are no species of ostrich...
With the victrola, you don't have to "make" drawers, although the alternative wouldn't suit the average impatient perfectionist. Walmart sells...
I trust you are not talking about "lauan" mahogany, which is a far cry from cabinet wood. If the OP builds his own storage system, he might as...
Huh, gave me an Idea :smuggrin: Make sure it's not laminate. The glue could wreak havoc with anything metal. It would be unusual to find...
This is one of the few cases where the 19th Century methodology of displaying coins might prove the best. Remember the term "cabinet friction"...
Israel, offering 4 items for sale as a lot. 1. David Ben-Gurion medal, about silver dollar size, prooflike, does not appear to be silver; age...
Looks like the various CWT guys have MASTERED the art of picture-taking!
Paul, take a few minutes and look at Riker Mounts on eBay. I've seen some 8 x 10 inches, big enough to hold 4 or 5 big medals with a common theme...
Longarm, your Army-Navy looks like it's been lacquered, maybe to stop further corrosion. That doesn't work. Three days in an ounce of acetone...
Thought of one more possibility, and it "may" be what OdedPaz is showing above. It's a 2-piece box designed to display arrowheads and other...
There is a troubling paragraph in the Code of Federal Regulations, and until someone with authority tells me what it means, I'm not inclined to...
This is just a guess as to dimensions, but how about a clear plastic page that holds nine baseball cards? [ATTACH] I wouldn't buy them online,...
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