Nice article Jim. That's how it is in reality which messes up pricing.
Nice coins everyone. You know that you can't hoard them all :( Here is one that I picked from circulation some time ago: [img]
By any chances are you talking about the coin here:...
Or is it possible that it's copper plated or washed? Not too difficult to do. Welcome to cointalk by the way.
You can do something similar when you do a copper wash, i.e. wash a bunch of copper coins together and add detergent etc with the nickel plated...
Yea but what's the difference between this and the Cheerios "pattern" dollar coin? Sounds like a similar deal.
You know, geologists need to have bloody good eyes to look for certain type of rocks. Numismatics is just part of an eye training :D Good to...
SGS = superb goofy scammer
I'm no expert in them but they seem to be cheap copies??? I can be very wrong. Welcome to cointalk by the way.
Yes this: http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=4400&universeid=313
It's most likely a private mint and the "coins" that you have are possibly medals which are worth pretty much their base metal value. Welcome to...
Thanks everyone :) kuhli, I'll send you a pm of a list of coins of what I am looking for. It's quite a fair bit. cladking, I'm quite puzzled...
I'll have to disagree with kanga with the Japanese year. It's a 5 yen coin, dated showa 49, making it 1974, not showa 45. The other is an...
Russian 1727 5 kopek. [img] There are different mintmarks and varieties and depending on which one it is, it can be worth a few dollars to...
Very nice. Thanks for sharing. :)
Finally completed the set :D Can't believe how difficult it is to complete the set: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/rus_new_type/1961_1992.htm#1k...
Nah I think there will be people sending them to the metal refinery for bullions.
Wow, you sure it's not a restrike of any kind? Awesome!
It doesn't matter where the coins are located as the sellers could have bought coins from China.
If you join coinpeople, there is a crazy collector, Goetzdude is his user name, that hoards whatever Karl Goetz created. His site is just beyond...
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