Guides are just that. GUIDES. They aren't meant to be definitive, nor can they be. They're always going to be a step behind the market. So I...
You STOLE those puppies! Nice buy! If those were common junk silver, you would have paid about the same with shipping! Way to go!
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That's a shame. I'm assuming it's a cameo proof. There are NO Franklin proofs that grade a 70 and very few that grade 67 or higher.
$30 to $35 at shows, and that's for well circulated examples.
The name "Greece" is actually from the Latin name for the country, "Graecia". "Hellas" is the Greek word. The other forms are either genitive...
It looks like it was harshly cleaned, among other things. I'd stay away.
The 50 Lepta Greek coin (2nd Hellenic Republic) was minted in Vienna, hence the B mint mark. The words ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ mean "Republic of Greece"
The word ΟΒΟΛΟΣ (Obolos) on the Greek 5 Lepta coin meant that it was equal to a British half penny, commonly called an obol. Many countries at...
I once found a ticket to the Palace of Minos at Knossos, Crete, in a LIBRARY book. Since my mother's family was from Crete, it had a special...
I sing "canons" all the time, in church...
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The moral of all these stories is: Save yourselves the buyer's premium and the shipping costs. Buy what you can at shows instead.
@Kyle michaelis First of all, welcome to numismatics and welcome to Coin Talk! There are a lot of good people here who will be willing to help...
I used to DX all the time, usually on short wave. The OP's token is sort of like a different version of the QSL cards that ham operators and...
It would be cool to "DX" that station, but it would be very difficult to pick it up unless the conditions were perfect. I looked it up, they run...
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We definitely need to see the reverses, especially on the 1936s and 1937s, and the 1926. The 1926 is beat up, but if it has a mint mark it is...
I agree. The metal is raised above the reeding in the side photo. It was soldered and then broken off.
IMHO the acids from the manila envelope affected this coin. Never store coins in an envelope.
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