“Specimen” Counter-marked South Korean Coins There are the occasional South Korean coin found in the collector market with countermarks in the...
Which denomination?
You'd be surprised...
Awesome write-up! Ever think of submitting this to one of our numismatic rags?
Here is an image of an epoxy resin "plaster" that shows only the main device of the coin it was used to make, the South Korean 10-Won (Fourth...
Awesome. Thanks for the information! I wonder if a new constitution in Japan is tantamount to demonetizing previously-issued coins? I only ask,...
A couple of points: If an issuing authority mints coins, regardless of where they end up, they ARE legal tender, are they not? Unless these...
Were these still considered legal tender into the 1950s and later?
All about U.S. coins...
You know, I hate blaming workers (being one myself, you know...), as I know very often just how hamstrung employees are by rules, the...
God, I hate reading these threads... when I have purchases coming in the mail~!
Somehow the legends make me also think 'fake.'
Or maybe they had an accurate way to measure?
Couldn't such microscopy also be used in AI grading mentioned by Mac McDonald in #8 above?
I think you got it! Thank you!
Just wondering: Is there a strike depth measurement that measures the depth of a strike below the rim, or a relief measurement for the legends...
I like the very last coin image, on the left (Cook Islands). Is that "appendage" hanging below his belly button his... uh...?
They DO make "non-standard size" rings, you know. I buy mine at my LCS (Valley Coin) in non-standard sizes for 500-Won South Korean coins (26.5mm...
My same exact experience with Airtites, fit-wise. It seems some of those "foam rings" (at least the black ones I buy) have better elasticity than...
See my response in post #78 above.
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