Where exactly do you get the infomation that some dealers are banned from selling Olympics coins overseas??? That's a hoax I believe, perhaps just...
Funny enough, the rest of the world had edging technology for at least a good one hundred years. When the president coins appeared, it seemed that...
I disagree. It just shows how uncreative die engravers, designers etc are these few years. In fact, look at how many "reproduction" there are....
Yes, it's from Manchukuo, just like what acanthite said. Still a pretty interesting coin.
That is a good question Aidan. Perhaps I will have to put a side note of known counterstamps but that will be a mammoth task. The Aussie holey...
I received a batch of overstruck Chinese coins over Korean 5 fun. I do have another batch of Russian overstruck coins but I'll post that on...
If the termology of "medal-coin" is similar to the term "NCLT" or rather Non-circulating legal tender coins, perhaps it's very wrong. The...
It's full of bulls. You have "pattern coins" for Chechen, Mongolia, etc. Worse than medals.
Topher, if it's exported OUT of the country, there can't be a tax. Most of the coins that are sold that I know are exported overseas, in...
Yes, it's called awful shipping prices. How many times has shipping been risen over the past 4 years!
Er - international shipping will cost more than the coins themselves.
Question is this: do you think the price of silver will go much higher? If so, then yes, it's an excellent investment.
A genuine Korean 5 yang looks like this http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170111229896 I prefer that over the...
Check out worldcoingallery under Malaya, Malaysia related: http://www.worldcoingallery They will bring you to the same page.
South Korea has released copper-plated aluminum coins last year. That is pretty interesting I must say. Aluminum is a lot softer than steel so...
No, changing of face values are only done for unstable currencies such as Turkey.
You can have 100 of such coins using a counterfeit die like this: [img]
Aidan, I disagree. You haven't seen any highly advanced counterfeit yet. Color, weight, mass is rather easy to fix if you have an extremely smart...
Note: being chopmarked doesn't mean that it's genuine. Counterfeiters are getting too smart these days.
Agree, how can you be sure that in 1791 proof technology was available??? I am well aware that Britain had the technology by 1820s or earlier but...
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