http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company
Wow...nice buy. That's from the Dutch East Indies Trading Company I believe. They minted their own coins.
Movie set pieces from Rush Hour II which featured a Red Dragon Casino?
Don't give the government any ideas. They're already inefficient enough! :D
Might give some insight: http://www.cointalk.com/t93805/
Post-mint damage from a counting/rolling machine.
That's a darned good fake. Aside from what others have pointed out, the one thing that jumps out at me is that I can't see the full trench that...
First you need to buy an electron microscope to search for errors. If you don't do this, you could be giving up a fortune without even knowing...
The only thing I see that could be construed as approximately a lighthouse shape looks like it's indented in the coin. Post mint damage. Someone...
Giddy Up!
Ms65 rd.
67...obviously red.
I'm the same way. I've got a couple of people I buy from and I know for sure that I can count on the fact that they wouldn't know an RPM or a...
This would completely ruin its value. Never clean a coin unless you know it's worthless to begin with.
Socomer- Welcome to Coin Talk. What you are seeing is very common for pre-1990 coins, especially the '50s and '60s. Before 1990 the mint-marks...
As you well know, I think your only chance is if you can pull a decent doubled-die or RPM out of the bunch. You probably have the same experience...
This is the most extensive list that I know of: http://www.conecaonline.org/content/eisenhowerdoubleddies.html
So do I. In BU specimens it's probably harder to find a Wheat Reverse without this shadowing or "ghosting" effect than it is to find one with it....
After doing some searching, I found out that these were from a company called "International Home Shopping Network", so as is typical with such...
I've seen these before, but I think this is the first 30 coin roll I've seen. These were created by one of the gimmick companies out there that...
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