I recently noticed that there just might be at least two different varieties of the 1973 South Korean 10-Won coin. This semi-key date coin seems...
A person that I know in Korea is a big collector of South Korean and older Korean numismatics. For your enjoyment here, just click "CC" at the...
...And none of the marks or "blemishes" caused by the above processes (high-speed presses, conveyors, counting machines) can be considered "wear"...
Whatever the "item description" says, ignore it. I only put bids on coins for which the seller has provided corner-to-corner, SHARP, and overall...
Thanks, Paddy. I really don't know much about these medals, other than people are all hyped about them because of some very good marketing by the...
Nobody is being offended, I don't think. I wouldn't expect that too many people here at CT are that sensitive... I personally would like to use...
Now we know it it specific to "classical scholarship." Could you show us what that 2002 entry says about the numismatic case?
Thanks so much! So it is used "in classical scholarship," and maybe that's why it's so hard to find it in our dictionaries...
That's why I asked about this. I could not find the definition implied in the description of the coin in the OP. I think I'll check that big,...
I checked out your site. Nice collection!
Thanks! Does this term "ethnic" only apply to ancient coinage? In U.S. coinage, is the legend, "United States of America" the ethnic?
Okay, thanks. Athens, got it. Now, what is an "ethnic" in this sense? Does this mean "text?" I thought ethnic was an old-fashioned term for a...
May I ask what an "ethnic" is in exergue? I don't seen any ethnics there.
Yeah, Showa 57 is 1982. "Showa" is the 'regnal title' of emperor Hirohito. So Japanese call Hirohito "Showa Tenno." (Tenno means "god" I...
Thanks for this!
Not my coins, but here are two South Korean Doubled Die examples: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Email works? Good to know. I have cited errors on two occasions in snail mail messages to them, with no results. Cheers.
...and a course through an accredited institution is the ONLY kind of college-level course that I would take. People I know have thrown away...
Mine is a 1909-S Lincoln in EF-45 grade. I think you can find nice looking chocolate-brown specimens pretty easily.
If others here at CT have noticed some editing errors or typos in the country listings in Krause Publications' Standard Catalog of World Coins,...
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