Technical point - Under US copyright law, the words "First Strike" can not be copyrighted. Pursuant to US Trademark law, under certain...
And you can probably buy them from the TV hucksters.:goofer:
With normal relief, the rim is as high as any design element, and the coins can be stacked easily. High relief means that the dies are deeper,...
Okay, I'll admit that my sense of humor has been questioned, but this is the second forum that I've seen this on, and I'm still trying to...
Les - since you have PM and email turned off I have no choice but to post this publicly. Your last post in this thread, and your post in US...
The picture on the left with a single character at the top is the reverse. For this type of coin the side with four characters at 12, 3, 6 and 9...
As a matter of fact I spent almost 2 hours at the eye doctor today - finally found the chart with that big backward "3" at the top. :D
Keep the trivia coming Clinker. It's a wasted day if you go to bed knowing nothing that you didn't know when you woke up.[img]
And my eyes see no beauty in tarnished metal. :eek:
Actually, no one really does, but the consensus is that at some unknown time following the introduction of Chinese coins, believed to have been...
I dunno, but based on the only NTC coin I have ever seen in hand, I was prepared to answer "YES" as soon as I read the thread title. :D
I recognize the Manchu characters, but I can't read them, and don't know the dating for that type.
[img] to Cointalk. Except for silver nickles during WWII, Philadelphia coins had no mintmarks until 1980. You have described a $10 gold piece,...
The second one is a Chinese cash coin. All the others are Japanese 1 mon coins from the early to mid-19th Century.
I think the cleaning has more chance of resulting in a BB than the rim nick, which would most likely only affect the final grade. But then, I...
If it is approximately 36mm wide, with the bust of King Olav V looking to your left, it's sterling (.925) , not pure silver. "Norge" is "Norway"...
Maybe my computer is showing the picture incorrectly, but to me the bottom bill looks 100% normal, and the top one has the serial number and seal...
Actually 1967 to the present. Y#81 is dated Showa 42-64 (1967-89), Y#101.1 is dated Heisei Gan ("First" - 1989), and Y#101.2 is dated Heisei 2-18...
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