The cost of setting up a mint in Mars would be too astronomical. Instead transactions would be in terms of Mars bars. Perhaps by then, all...
I got around to free up a bit of time and decided to work on the early Korean machine coinage. Had to rephotograph everything as I used different...
Something looks very wrong. This is easily a 4-5 figure coin. If you look under the number "6" of 1767, near the character "Tsna", it looks like...
It's Yunnan province muled with Anhui Province. Who knows if this is one of those metals laced with lead and arsenic. I would not even touch it.
I think you are quite late in the game. Some rare key dates have went several fold to what they used to be. The real question is how much are you...
I'm sure I have a XF+ - aUNC 20 cash coin somewhere in my collection. Meanwhile this is one that I took a while back. Interesting die crack...
It just means I have to update my digital album... It was quite a bit of effort to get there...
I don't remember how many of the 20 cash coins I have - perhaps 4 but all of them except one are overstruck over Xinjiang 10 cash. The other one...
Something looks really wrong with your coin Loong. I'm afraid it looks more like a contemporary counterfeit. I've got a few of these coins. The...
The 5 yang and 1 whan have always been expensive because of the low mintage and survival rate. 1 whan survival number is supposedly at mere 77!...
Linda, unfortunately both of the crown size coins are not genuine. I don't recommend them to be used as jewellery as the alloy may have traces of...
Ok this is not a coin but if you have used Moscow metro, many of the inner city train stations are simply stunning. [IMG] Some of the stations...
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Actually there should be a third option: The Great Panzerman collection!!! You got to admit it's an awesome collection! Wait, maybe 1+ million...
Hey, the racing pigeon might return a better rate of interest! If not... there's always the fertilizer option...
You can't force a seller to ship to places where he has no confidence. You can also pay for extra for tracking etc but at times, it's just not...
They are really, really, really nice coins. I have to be blunt - being through austerity measure, having extra cash in bank account would not hurt...
You got to give a bit of credits to him - most of his Chinese coins are genuine. I just am sure about ancient Chinese.
This should be an interesting coin - struck in Feodesia, Crimea. Not going to spark a debate of who Crimea belongs to, whether it's Russia or...
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