I have a late QVic farthing with traces of gold plating/dipping on it. I wonder if this is one of them.
And what was the purpose of darkening them? I'm sorry I'm just being lazy. Plus I like to ask a lot of questions.
This site may help if you do not own a Krause book. http://apps.creounity.com/time_machine/index.php?go=israel.php&lang=en
On your particular coin it is the 5 digit character at the very bottom of the reverse side. [ATTACH]
yr. 5738, 1978 I think. It's hard to see the date. If it's not 5738/1978 it could also be 5735/1975. From this remove, both dates look similar.
I don't like the term "raw" for unslabbed coins. Who chose this term?
The Krause book is regularly used by coin shops and dealers to get the maximum amount of money from the sale of a general issue coin. Rare coins...
That's right! They go into effect July 1st, so they say. They're about 15 years too late in regulating coin auctions. eBay is a 1990's company,...
I don't really care for NCLTs, but these are kinda cool. And by the way, was Captain Kidd actually a pirate? I read that two French Pass...
Thx for the link. Can you explain exactly what "Maundy" means as in maundy sets? I've always seen the term, but never understood what it meant.
For those that sell or plan to sell coins on eBay, here's the new guidelines: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/currstamps.html
This is a queer one. #7 coin looks to be a 1818(?) 1 Shilling in copper. Could it be a contemporary counterfeit? I've included a pic of my 1816 1...
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I have had these following items for a while and would like someone to enlighten me as to what they are exactly. Beyond the obvious of course!...
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That's a nice one. Looks like it's made of silver or at least a wash or billon. Sadly mine is brass. :(
Whether it's proper French to spell it centieme or centime is not the issue, not that I'm suggesting that anyone is deliberately saying so, I...
I take it that you are referring to this one: [ATTACH]
Now to complicate things even further... Krause has this listed as: [ATTACH] KM# A1 10 CENTIMES 2.5000 g., Billon, 22.5 mm.
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