Thanks for your feedback, gx! Yeah, it's funny that they went with a diameter size (30mm) that was between the two initial proposed coin...
I think I've seen the first one before at a show, but with "X", not "XVI". I want to try to find that one again...
He always uses some red, cranberry-colored "crushed velvet"(?) material (probably a swatch cut out from a pair of groovy 70s bellbottom flairs he...
YES! The "red background guy"! I know who you're talking about. He/She's had some very key-date S. Korean coins (in decent, raw condition) in...
Thanks for your kind words, and thanks for taking some time to look at it! Yep. 4 or 5 bucks is about right in around that condition....
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This is a champion thread. I had an "off-brand" slab once, but I busted 'er out. I wanna see one of those "PGCS" slabs. I love kooky stuff like...
Here's another in my series of articles on South Korean coins: http://dokdo-research.com/thirtyanniversary.html I know these are dense reads, so...
"70 years of Peace" -brought to you by the makers of nuclear weapons. The coins should feature Pershing and SS-20 missiles on them.
You forget WWI. The French were some tough mother hubbards in that war. Can't say the same for the second war...by then, they were either...
The "foam" rings are made out of "Volara"... Thanks for the thread. Now I know what that stuff is called.
Are there supposed to be titles around that dragon? Seems like a well-worn example. But cool enough. I wish I had one.
But that only applies to those buyers who don't mind paying according to the seller's terms. What if they WANT to pay via PayPal, and not cash,...
Only 9 believed to have been struck? And it's a US Mint product? If I had 800, I'd jump on it.
Kirk, you totally rule!
Coin Week has a video of Breen speaking in 1986, just prior to the publication of his seminal work, "Encyclopedia". Look at the video comments...
Yeah, I got so much more information from resources from my coins' native-countries. Now, you just have to read "Magyar," huh? Hopefully you or...
You'll also notice that Krause seems to use Yeoman numbers for some asian coins. The confusion of the cataloging system is what will always...
This guy living in Japan got bored at work. So he decides to make large, MDF and wood-board versions of Japanese coins. Pretty sweet-looking:...
Dudes that submit to Third Party Graders (TPGs) the most lowdown, bottom-feedin', worn-out coins that they can find and will actually grade......
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