Harsh cleaning yes. You will be able to sell a properly cleaned coin for the coins worth without doubt. Some people misinterpret cleaned with...
That is very nice, there is one listed on Coinarchives: [IMG] Royal Mint Trial Die 1927, not listed in Haffner, this British Royal Mint Trial...
I dont put a grade on my coins, if I were to sell them, I would let people judge for themselves but price them at the rough grade I think they...
It matters what they mean by improperly cleaned. Not everyone has the same standards. Improperly cleaned to me means 'harsh' cleaning. By that I...
This is well smaller than a dime...Ceylon 1/4 penny [IMG]
Not exactly sure what you mean. These are hammered coins thus the portraits from die to die might not match, or they may be made by different...
Another one of my all time favorites...I like almost all of the Duren series: [img]
The Aachen coin is one of my all time favorite. I have always thought that coin is making a statement of some kind. Instead of the usual lovely,...
As have I, as well as misattributions. One could say they are due to human error, they look at a lot of coins, maybe they mistakenly encase a...
cleaning doesnt effect the value unless its a harsh one...there is nothing at all wrong with cleaning an old coin correctly...anyone can do it.
I agree with almost everything NPCoin has said so I dont have to say much. Kudos for a good laugh as you shine a little light on the jargon. As...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0873495934/ref=dp_olp_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1207615572&sr=8-1 ^^2004 I got mine even cheaper than the ones they...
I bought a 2004 used off amazon for like 10 bucks.
You have Bisons in the Ukaraine? Nice coins BTW!
I wouldn't comment on authenticity with these scans but I would agree on the value given, maybe a bit more for one of them. If real, you have some...
I would have to say thats on them...he clearly states: 'Don't know a lot about this coin some kind of token.' Nowhere does he try to pass it off...
I am sure that portrait was a bit idealized, he wasnt that handsome :)...he in fact had a very deformed jaw and a swollen tongue that made it...
I think the seller made it clear its a 'coin/token'...it might be a token, fantasy, toy coin, etc...Hard to think someone expected to fool anyone...
I see, I now notice she wrote it how it is inscribed on the coin...It could be Charles II of England: [IMG] CAROLVS•II•DE(i) maybe this...
There are several Carolus II, in england, germany and spain. I guess we are saying that the coin you have is of the Spanish King Charles II (the...
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