That's a good price for both of them. The Junk dollar in particular is silly expensive today. Even holed, I think it's worth way more than 20 dollars.
IMO: Overhyped - many modern mint products. Some are great but many are just terrible. Underhyped - circulated coins that didn't have much love.
The planchet is hard metal to work with. Many Indian mints are likely focused on quantity over quality. Interesting to see how India has more...
I think it's die fatigue. Believe these are struck on steel planchets so it's pretty harsh on dies. Indian error coins are quite common. Have a...
Interesting idea. My question is what new innovative ideas would the US mint do to improve the security on the dollar and 5 dollar coin? If you...
Don't blame the dealer. Shipping to the US has become a joke and not worth the hassle....
It will fall if the global economy does well. Clearly that's not the case and there's no relief in sight.
It would be a bad joke if he suffered the same fate of the president on the half dollar. Nearly did happen.
Wow nice!!! Good job saving it from potentially getting melted down!
Been to a few coin shows and talked to dealers over the years. It looks like times have changed. In the past, dealers would have large varieties...
Key is not yet. Give it time. Look at the computer or device that you are using to view this. Where was this technology 40 years ago?...
If I am not wrong - banknotebank, omnicoin and coinpeople were all owned by the same person. Maybe it's finance related...
mlov43 - thanks for the link. Very interesting reading. There is an article issued by Journal of East Asian numismatics a while back about early...
Found some interesting videos on youtube. Some amazing footage!!! You'll never know what you can find online these days. All of them are in...
Normally when you mention lower quality silver coins, you'd assume that it's worth less than it's normal higher silver content counterpart. This...
I've been looking at Numista for more information about Maldives 1913 4 lariat. It's a pretty interesting coin supposedly struck in UK. [img]...
I have been caught up with a lot of things hence I was quiet. Hopefully things settle down and I get a bit more time to document and write. I...
Both Japanese. First one is more common. Still worth decent silver price. Second is worth a bit more.
Both look genuine. Would be good price today. Check ebay for sold prices. First coin could be 50 - 100. Second could be around 150. Nice one!
Nice Japanese yen coins!!!
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