I'd love to see the face of the pimply teen-age guy at the cash register in your favorite fast-food joint when you hand him four of your converted...
At least $82. ;)
Look at the edge of the coin just to the right of 12:00 top dead center - directly above the 8th star counting from the left. That...
As of 30 seconds before posting this, €65 = US$85.33, but exchange rates fluctuate faster than coin prices. :D
Well, I looked again, and the mark on the obverse sure looks like a soldering iron hit. In any event, if it's screwed in, then there is a...
A whole bunch. :eek: This coin has been made into jewelry in the most destructive way possible - by soldering an attachment. I had a similarly...
I have a special spot in my own collection for Elizabethan Russian coinage, in memory of my Mother, who was born in Yelsvetograd (one of several...
Chris, In English usage "State" can mean an independent country as well as a unit of a federation or confederation. I was following Krause, which...
This is not an investment forum. The trend of the postings is getting further and further away from any numismatic content. Those who wish to...
More specifically, that Victoria could not become Queen of Hanover (a German State) because it followed the rule of male primogeniture, making...
Let's see the whole coin please.
I'll damn it with faint praise - The model for Ms. Liberty was better looking than the real Susan B. :D
Well, it's not the first time, and it won't be the last. :rolleyes: Obviously I missed seeing anything about that change in procedure. Thanks for...
My QX3, an older version of the Digital Blue, was used for my avatar. The reddish cast is in all my pictures from that source. :( Within its...
My suggestion is that if you expect to find a decent quality in a microscope in that price range: [img]
And the closest thing to a complete listing of types for world coins is the now 5-volume Standard Catalog of World Coins (Krause). As a matter of...
It's pretty common for NCLT to be issued with a face value that's only a small fraction of the actual bullion value at the time of issue....
Second link For its purpose (obscuring all possible chance of pictorial authentication) that may be the best photo I've ever seen posted on...
First link Well, both sides have the same state of wear. :D
Can't find it in any Scandanavian country, nor in the German State of Saxony, although somewhat stylistically similar obverses were found in...
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