This is the case with world coins as well. I never look at what percentage I'm offering if I feel the buy it now is overinflated. I just try and...
There are two scenarios where I do not make an offer when the option is there. The first is when the price is already so low that it's not worth...
Original sources of orichalcum were found as a naturally-occurring alloy, just like with electrum. For both alloys, it was later discovered how to...
Looks like a hit.
These are Freemason tokens. Probably from the 50s.
A key point being lost here is that orichalcum was a naturally occurring alloy. It was mined as is, but was not understood to be brass in the...
The rationale is that you must be a customer to be able to submit. The person that submits a coin and gets it back wrong is the one that should...
If you take the country and denomination I stated above and search in numista.com you can find the exact types. The three I listed are all modern.
The top right is a Japanese 100 yen. The lower right is South Korea 100 won. Not sure on the top left (someone probably knows), and the bottom...
Here's something else to consider. Depending on the issue, I feel like at least some of the coins considered to be PL (at least for world) are...
PL surfaces show marks a lot more, but they are graded like business strikes and not like proofs where the grading accounts for the different...
It's tough because generally one will be much rarer than the other. All things being equal, however, I'd go with the PL, or both.
I used to collect 8Rs. It doesn't pop out as fake to me, even before seeing the edge. Clearly some heavy environmental or chemical damage.
I've seen quite a few minor errors that aren't really worth a premium, and some of the earlier classic coppers pretty much all have lamination...
Here's one I just picked up with some eBay bucks. I've seen a couple misaligned hole errors for this type over the years. This one is more...
Most important is to be prepared. Have a list of what you want to buy and what you want to sell, along with market values for your target grade....
I could see wanting a business strike and proof of the same coin slabbed together. Maybe. But this holder and its limitations are not of any...
This is a fake.
This is a beef I have with NGC. Their selection of approved reference books for world tokens is rather anemic. I even had a token that was in one...
I agree, it can be a red flag when taken in context with other red flags. My point is only to look at the auction(s) the seller has carefully, as...
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