Palladium should not be included if you are restricting this to circulated coinage only. As far as I am aware, no country managed to have...
The era Taisho is translated as "great righteousness". A common coin. Some years are hard to find for this type.
As such, I'm certain this cannot be an overstrike. I wonder if NGC will recall this slab and correct this mistake. Grading can be subjective but...
It looks like it's screaming - "I was baked!"
The way I see it? Another way to peddle their wares. I've seen newer accounts with similar products so the seller thought it might be that you...
What made it harder in Kansu / Gansu Province is that it is a province that is poor in natural resources. As such, warlords in the 1910s melted...
Britannia40 - it's a bit hard to confirm what exactly the original host was meant to be for the overstruck coin. The year is unfortunately flatten...
Year 8 is a very rare year if I remember correctly. Quite certain this is the key date of this series. This is dated 1875. Details are wrong and...
I was looking around and saw this pretty interesting coin...
It's a set of Japanese coins. These are worth a bit in face value - at 1 USD for 115 yen (depending on the day of exchange rate), they add up very...
I think what bothered me is that while the pictures show a good scale of the different coins for each mint set - in order to make it fit within...
I am intrigued -I would like to know what reference PCGS uses to identify it as a warlord coin. Quite a few nice copper coins you've got there. I...
Pretty nice set. I'm not too sure if I have seen such "cast" coin, especially coming from Hunan Province. I'm certain it's a contemporary...
It comes down to what circumstances led to the downfall of "worthless" precious metals. In an event of a war - most certainly. You can't feed...
I've tried to assemble one copper and silver coin from each province. I highly recommend not to start one as it's just too costly, if not absurdly...
I'm suspecting there may be hints available at youtube - I can't type in Korean so I don't know what terms to search for. Gave a random search...
Muzyck - I own 5 examples and I see no evidence that any of the Uighurstan 10 cash are overstruck. However 20 cash coins were definitely...
I guess somewhere along the lines, there must be some tweaking during the minting process. I'm certain that something must have happened with the...
A tip that I have when you are trying to feature the underlying element is that you never attempt to take coin photos at an angle. This makes it...
I am curious - considering this economic climate for Venezuela, where are their coins struck and banknotes printed? I hardly believe they are made...
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