It's 68. 5 would have a gap on the left vertical stroke of the character.
Contrary to popular belief, I do occasionally buy non-circulating coins: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Won an auction for a lot of seated dimes in ebay's world coin section. One of them was this "1877" dime: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My first Carson City...
Got this lot of St. Helena and Ascension coins for an absolute steal on ebay: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And this Nepal proof set as part of a larger...
You'd have to pay me to take it in that condition.
Anything 1936 with a swastika is a better date, if my memory serves me correctly.
Yes. The edge inscriptions are done separately from striking the obverse and reverse, so its placement is completely random on all fronts. The...
Got this 1965 New Zealand proof-like set yesterday. The set itself is a little bit worse for wear but the coins inside are still pristine....
That is a 2006 with no mark, not the 2006-P. There are a couple rare varieties for this year, a 2006 that is magnetic and a 2006-P that is not....
Got some fun pieces today: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These two complete my set of Saar coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
6d is the common abbreviation for sixpence, the d coming from the roman denarius. X pre-decimal pence is abbreviated Xd, X decimal pence is Xp.
1957 5 and 10 satang. Both look to be the bronze type, a bit less common than the normally-seen aluminum-bronze.
I'd assume they're charging a premium for the toning. For what it's worth, I don't think that color is nice enough to triple the coin's asking price.
The British 10p would have the year on the obverse, and also that portrait was never used on the 24mm 10p, only the 28mm one had it.
Here's a couple of my newps from this weekend: [ATTACH] Some assorted Hong Kong dollars. The 2010s dates don't show up as much as the earlier...
Those first two definitely live up to the spirit of the post you quoted with their lower mintages! Nice ones.
I would also say that's on the lower end of VF.
Got these two Wide Rim SBAs yesterday: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A friend has a 99-D with my name on it which will complete the SBA set for me.
That's the 1945-C business strike, not an essai. Nominal mintage of 22 million and change, but in practice it appears to be a little bit less...
In my experience using acetone, the only metal I've had issues with is aluminum. I don't think I've ever done iron, however.
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