I am under the impression that Australia's 1 ton gold coin holds the record for the most expensive coin / bullion value at 50+ million dollars....
Flamandets - thanks for your kind comments. I'm glad I can be of some sort of aspiration. mrbreeze - There are large number varieties available....
Found a link that may be of interest. This is written by Eduard Kann who lived in China in early 1900s and left when the Communists took over. His...
The way I see it is that it's similar to the 3 legged buffalo despite it being initially a die clash which the engraver tried to 'fix'. As of why...
The reason I asked is because Dansco did make foreign coin albums at one stage. There is a Swiss album...
Did you mean Dansco type set albums that was last made around 1960s?
I've posted this question in another forum - it seems to be somewhat easy? I do not know which coin is more common. Here are the two examples...
Here's one advice since you are new - you don't burn bridges.
I haven't really looked at what Japanese coins I have in my collection. In fact, when I last worked on my website for Japanese coins, I last dated...
Just because it's low value does not mean TPGs can lower their standard and skip their process of detecting counterfeits. Sadly with the amount of...
Found this in my pile of 'stashed hoard'. Just don't know how this was hiding all along the time... considering this is somewhat hard to find in...
The way I like to see with coins that's especially really hard to find is to get it at a price you like first. You can always upgrade later....
iPen - it may not hurt to send it for grading. One to confirm authenticity and the other for its grade. For reference this is mine. This weighs...
I'm curious to know what they are supposed to mean. I'm under the impression that it was the catalog value 100 years ago.
I think the planchets would become a bit thinner and bigger due to the pressure from the die press. Hence it is unlikely for the coins to fit in...
It's somewhat correct. The first use of 3 rubles were issued in 1828 to 1845, struck in platinum. Gold 3 ruble coins were issued in 1869 to 1881....
I would suspect the rise of metal prices would have influenced decisions. If I recall correctly in mid 1960s, there were concerns that copper...
They are actually all quite scarce to very rare. Not surprised at the price. The copper coins in particular are very uncommon. I would not have...
AND if you can wait, there are times when ebay offers vouchers. Doesn't hurt to shop around.
But how can one tell the color difference if they are circulated? I was thinking along the line of specific gravity. Have never done one before...
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