ANY claimed "status" or sob story in an eBay item description makes me wary nowadays.
Whoa! Yes, well said! I hadn't read that part of the post. Holy smokes.
And all of this could easily be solved by the Mint running a random lottery with such limited-edition releases. But they don't do that... I...
Thanks so much for your kind and informative response! I also believe that the piece of machinery that the Korean Mint history document is...
Are the "lettering" hubs cut separately from "central device" hubs, and then hubbed together to make a master hub? Like this (if you can make...
This must be a lathe of some sort that cuts into the matrix die (original die), then? That machine might possibly be a coining-specific piece of...
I encountered this quote (in Korean, but translated here): "In order to improve the quality of the large denomination commemorative coins, a...
Yeah, those half cents! Share a link to it here at CT if/when you do.
Time to put them back up?
I just don't know what (literally) "letter engraving machine" (original text: "문자각인기)" means. And no, Korean people don't know what this is....
[ATTACH] No... Along the inside RIM of the coins, on the obverses and reverses of the coins, surrounding the central devices.
I'm not very knowledgeable about coining presses. Are there such things as coining presses that are specifically designed to press details into...
Do the terms "chloric acid" and "galvanic corrosion" make sense? I think "galvanic corrosion" makes sense.
So, the aluminum in this 10-Won coin is acting as a sacrificial anode (in relation to the copper) because the edge is exposing the aluminum?
I have zero DPRK coins. Sorry.... And that Israeli coin was probably made in Korea.
The first images below are what the current (2006~present) South Korean 10-Won coin looks like. It's the smallest-value circulating coin in the...
Sorry. I only give biased advice.
I think you just might be right about that... if my recent purchases from your area are any indication.
Consider using a CAPS album page, with an insert of your own creation, like this wood grain you prefer. CAPS album pages are for airtites, and...
I like it. And I like mintages with dates. Because I'm a fuddy-duddy.
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