I really like the portrait on the dinero!
Funny you say that... I've gotten into the habit of calling walking the dog as taking an evening constitutional!
I do believe the mint is doing a disservice to those that want to collect modern issues. In fact I know many collectors who no longer purchase...
I once ordered from a Canadian seller on VCoins and it took a week for them to ship. Apparently, they lived close to the US border and would make...
I have severe coin ADHD and have collected just about everything including exonumia. It was just a couple years ago I settled into the Holy Roman...
I find the wildest stuff on eBay. If it's not an outright fake, I just keep scrolling past. It seems you can't reason at all with these sellers.
That Barbados is odd...7 sided!
Sounds like you had a good trip! Though there are cases of very expensive coins, I've found shows have a wide assortment of material for...
I love those little coins.
I found their customer service when you call to be very good. You may have to hold a few minutes, but every person I've spoken to has answered my...
Cool. People are very interested in graded world coins.
Aaah, must be where we get the medical term, priapism. From what I hear, it can a terribly painful condition!
It doesn't seem to be a mint mark as it's not listed on the NGC world coin database as such. It's possible it is the last initial of the engraver...
Not entirely sure. I'm assuming NGC thinks the latter? The fields are fairly nice and I thought it might straight grade, but I was concerned...
I don't often keep details coins unless they are scarce types. I purchased this coin raw and sent it in to NGC where it ultimately graded AU...
My personal favorite is the plural of penny spelled penny's.
Most price guides are inflated. I usually look to sold auction prices as my guide. The issue with the rebook is it's printed a year ahead of...
I didn't see it in the sellers photos either. I have actually not seen a Portuguese pattern. I've owned several Polish (edited that) and French...
Aaah, is very much a special mark!
I'll let the thread go for a day or so and if noone sees "it", I'll reveal!
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