Because this was struck on silver wire, there can be big variance. I am not aware of any studies but you will need to send it for XRF to find out...
I had a look around and didn't think that Cuba had a mint! Trying to find their official homepage but it looks like they may not have one?...
I like it! It's going to make the counterfeiters a harder time to counterfeit such features.
I'm curious to know where Cuban coins are struck these days. As far as I am aware, early Cuban coinages were struck in the US before the US...
For historical price quote of platinum, please check here: http://www.kitco.com/charts/liveplatinum.html Note that the prices of metals are...
I guess counterfeit bullion is a serious issue which is already happening with gold bullion. Fortunately silver is not as high as it used to be....
Have to add - the Kirin 10 cash also looks odd as well. It could be varieties. In particular the calligraphy looks wrong as well as the number...
This is one coin that metal head collectors are highly after due to the metal content. I know it's not technically in the Empire era but I had to...
The unslabbed 5 cash is from Fujian Province (Fookien). The Jiangsu 5 cash is actually very nice and highly desirable. 5 cash coins in general are...
I think sometimes you need to stop and wonder about the mint's prospective. Platinum coins are very difficult to be sold at bullion prices due to...
From my experience, once you upload an image on the internet, it's nearly impossible to enforce 'copyright rights'. You can kindly ask someone to...
I guess it boils down to the 'care' factor. Depending on how important your creation is, if others want to copy it and claim that it's theirs -...
I believe this was issued as a limited edition and none was released for circulation. This is an example...
I somewhat doubt that it's PVC. It looks more like verdigris and they can form on silver coins as well. There's many different varieties of this...
I'm not going to start a debate of Tibet and China relationship but they do have some going back in 1600s....
Mlov - this is a Minguo calendar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minguo_calendar
Wow the new Belorussian coin design probably beats Romania's boring coin design!
Korean cast money was actually subjected to a lot of fraud and led to public mistrust. Despite being called copper cash coins, I suspect the cast...
Might be bringing up an old thread but I have to wonder - when was the last time album manufactures were brave enough to make a new product for...
The early Australian pre-decimal proof coins are actually somewhat hard to tell even though I have seen them in person. Here are some links that...
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