There is a similar thread on coinpeople but appearently there is no new information out yet http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?showtopic=9692
It's a coin, not an error struck in 1998. Perhaps 1993 refers to the series of when the peso was revalued.
At least, coins will always be worth their metal values ;)
Appearently either people refuse to admit that they are bad in rounding figures and do require more practise in mathematics or just being ignorant...
Unless there is an overhaul of the current coinage, I don't quite see why they would massively melt down such coins. However though, it's not...
There is one field that I am investigating that is overstruck coins. With just one reference book, I have found very interesting overstruck coins,...
A couple of years ago in Canberra, Australia, a mint worker smuggled some 150,000+ dollars of 2 dollars coins (no joke about the figure) outside...
Not really an error but an interesting die crack. Not very common on proof coins so that's pretty interesting.
From the looks of it, I don't think it's European so I'm guessing somewhere from Latin or South America...
Sadly, yellowish color on various coins are used to describe as "gold". I'll admit, as a kid, I really couldn't tell the difference between gold,...
Simply nationalism - no other word to describe it. This is also the same reason why Russian, Polish and Korean coins are shooting up in insane value.
Take it this way, if this thread was create 5 years ago, it would have made sense. Now it isn't. Take a look at the Russian, Polish, Korean...
Here are two that I own: [img] [img]
If you are talking about the same note, no it's not from WWII. Do check this site for more infomation:...
lol hilarious. Speaking of which I don't think I have ever seen any tokens or coins that do commemorate shoes. Great one!
It will be an interesting one. With Finland pretty much killing euro small cents from it's introduction, it can get a bit trickier but doable ;)
You can check what I am doing - I can assure you that it's a thriller :) http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Australia is doable...
It may be possible that it is PVC which you can use acetone to remove it without any worries. Do experiment on copper first before trying it on...
More like it looks like a hammered job, i.e. someone took a 5 cent on top of that coin and kept whacking it till it left an imprint.
That's neat! Thanks for showing. Speaking of which, that's it's 200th anniversary so I guess it must be very happy to be with you! :)
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