Was going through my collection and sorting them out - I'm sure I'll need another decade the way I'm going. Thought I'll catalog what mints I had...
He might be doing newbies a favor - releasing back in the wild to spark interest.
Found this site. Again be prepared to pay a fortune... http://888eightrarechinacoins.com/
I guess it comes down to supply and demand. The demand is definitely there but supply has long dried up since mid 1960s. From what I've seen, the...
It cannot be a chopmark. A chopmark is done to confirm if a coin is of good silver or plated.
It does come up every two three years. There was one sold recently but it's not the supreme edition. The last supreme edition asking price was...
I do own a copy of it. My question is do you really want to attempt to complete it? There are some coins in the albums that are just pricy and...
Eduard Kann. You'll find it interesting
There is one coin that came in a junk Russian copper lot. I probably retold this story so many times in other thread. This was when Russian coin...
Major auction houses - just be prepared to pay an arm or leg for some really high quality Chinese coins. Bargain and genuine high quality Chinese...
Taiwan 1973 1 yuan.
I must have known that this is going to be a popular coinage... More information can be found here...
It's really up to the buyers to decide these days... As mentioned in my other post - it's never been a better time to be a counterfeit peddler sadly.
Korean coins... I can relate. I started this back in 2009 according to this that I've designed almost a decade ago...
Just finished compiling what I had. A very neat coinage and this should be of interest to American collectors as the dies were prepared at...
Thanks everyone for your kind words and advice. mlov43 - I honestly thought you must have a magic ball somewhere in your room as I found a...
That's a really challenging question there. When it comes to creativity, I think Canadian Mint comes up as the top but sometimes I really hate how...
Cost cutting at it's finest... That's sad
Sometimes when I'm doing obscure research - it makes me wonder some of the early numismatics pioneers managed it. It could not have been easy back...
I guess the reason why I'm hesitant is because living down under does not make it any easier. Shipping cost is one thing but we sending and...
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