I have my reasons of why I couldn't dismiss this coin as a contempory counterfeit right away. Funny enough, I'm actually chasing after a Japanese...
I just received this recently: [img] This is not something that I have seen before or even read before in any Korean coin catalog. This is...
I normally don't see this coin on offer hence I had to grab this coin when I saw it. [img] A tired worn coin yet it just doesn't show up in...
One can always keep on talking about laws that stamps of "copy" are required but in reality that's not the case. Same with drugs on the street or...
I did forget to compliment mlov43's site (how embrassing) - it's really well done and I don't think any other sites will exceed it even if it's in...
Quite interesting. I'm quite puzzled to see the mintage of the 1999 5 won at just 8000. Was pretty sure it was at 10,000 unless I got the figures...
Try JNDA catalog:...
You would have much better luck at flea market only if you know what you are looking at - there's just too many people looking at ebay and unless...
Well done for not even attempting to bid. If you are prepared to buy a genuine dollar size Chinese coin, you should be prepared to pay at least...
The dragon details on the whan coin doesn't seem to be struck properly. I've seen a lot of counterfeits and all of them have similar features....
Here's one big tip: the Korean 1 whan coin is extremely scarce and it's reported that only 77 coins are left as most of the coins were melted...
I'm quite skeptical for some reason. What's the weight of the coin? In that condition, it's easily a 2000 dollar coin.
I strongly believe there's a fine line between facts and stereotyping. This would probably fall in between them which becomes an ugly debate....
This goes a while ago when TV were pretty "scarce", probably 15 years or more. In a motel with 100 yen, you can probably enjoy 10 mins of watch...
Yes, I was thrown back when I found this 50 cents coin: [img] I thought it was just terribly beaten up but when I dropped it (oops), it...
Won a couple of coin albums with coins in them and they both came in this week. They really look neat. Pics can be found here:...
Here's a metal head collection :p Fibre [img] Silver + Tantalum [img] Antimony [img] And a silver sycee [img] Other metals and alloys are...
You mean like these? [img] [img] Real UNC coins will be hard but if you are willing to settle for XF or aUNC, they should still be very...
What coin are you looking to upgrade, collect89?
I created a digital album version of the coins that I got - Manchukuo, East Hopei, Inner Mongolia, Hua Hsing and Federal Reserve Bank. Looks...
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