Juxtaposing the coins shown on that link with my images, I think I finally spotted the "rings around pearl" variety type indicator. Am I correct...
Interesting, and thank you for the link. I'm familiar with older coins (primarily US & Spanish) that circulated in China with chopmarks to attest...
Still no update. I tried calling the TSA office and they told me to hurry up and wait.
If you click on the image, it will zoom in. The image was taken with a 5MP camera, and the coin is practically full screen when zoomed in. I...
I don't know much about this series, but I recently picked up a penny sized bronze or copper coin that was apparently used in Latin America in the...
Looking for an expert on counterstamps - can you help me discover the story behind this coin? Also, what value would you estimate it has?...
Krause notes that there are "more than 30 varieties of Y#257. In 1949, this coin was restruck in large numbers, but at reduced fineness." Any idea...
Thanks! That was driving me crazy (the vest pocket dealer who sold it had it misattributed as a Republic of China 1949 50 cent, and I was...
Not sure what this large Chinese coin is (the one next to it, for size reference, is a 1 Mace & 4.4 Candareens (aka 20 cents)). The unknown coin...
These may not be as uncommon as my research suggested. I found 2 more examples at the TNA show in Arlington this weekend (one in VF & one in EF...
I picked up this medal at the TNA show in Arlington thinking it was one of the Pan American Expo medals listed in the So-Called Dollars series. It...
I picked up a "5" piece this weekend. Didn't realize it was such a recent festival, but the pattern on the token (a piano pierced with a...
I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but I haven't seen an exonumia category on the site (if there is one). I just picked up a medal that...
I see it now! So, JR-6 & JR-8 both have a pointy stemmed olive branch, with the obverse date being relatively level on JR-6 and the "8" of the...
You're doubling down by using a colloquialism that suggests I wear women's undergarments? Wow, coin collecting sure attracts people with great...
Picked up a 2012 £10 London Olympic Silver Commemorative from the Royal Mint (UK). It's a 5oz 99.9% silver hockey puck, but I rather like the...
Thanks. The date looks pretty even to me, so JR-8 seems unlikely. What diagnostics led you to determine it was a JR-7 or JR-8?
I recently picked up a much-loved 1830 dime. While adding it to my collection catalog, I found out that there are apparently a ton of varieties...
Are the letters under the cattle mint marks / assayers marks / something else? I noticed right away that there's a major difference between the...
I'm a big believer in buying the book before buying the coin. What are the 2 references you mention for this series?
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