How about the importance of satisfying my insatiable curiosity? :rolleyes: Thanks to Brad and Chris for the information. It's now marked...
1864 - damaged G-4. :eek: 1863 - Possibly VG-8, certainly no higher. :( Doubling? I don't know anything about that stuff. Errors are...
I have a 1947 aluminum French franc (KM#885a.1) that is just a hair over 1mm thick. and 1.3g. Krause says "Thick and thin planchets exist" for...
I claim no expertise on US coins in general, or two-centers in particular, but I think your question has a built in answer. Do you really want...
Found it. [IMG]
Any genuine US coin without a mint mark was produced at the Philadelphia Mint. with the exception of the first three years of clad coinage -...
But just think - by keeping the buyer's ID private, he's protecting them from being robbed by someone who finds out that they collect valuable...
The many fraudulent EBay sellers, or the even more >> ridiculously uninformed sellers << coupled with absurd shipping charges? In uncirculated...
What am I missing here? I searched "Fort Knox Safe" on EBay, and all that turned up were some auctions of a toy safe with "Fort Knox" on the...
Okay guys, let's cool it. We're getting too close to a flame war for comfort. 2coins knows how we feel, and we know what he says, so until he...
I am inclined to believe it's not even a copy, but a fantasy piece. The only thing besides the date on one side is the legend "10 cash(?)", and...
I don't know about the paper money part, but with respect to coins, no, there is not a book or website - there are a plethora of book and...
How sad [img] to see a $55-60 piece of jewelry that was once a $2-400 collectible coin..
The quality of EBay's picture hosting service leaves a great deal to be desired. You would probably do much better by putting your pictures on a...
If those coins are genuine, and there's nothing about what I see to cast any doubt, that seller's laziness and/or bias against foreign coins cost...
Is that what's in the "antiqueing" compound that's sold for giving an artificial patina to brass hardware?
They probably are aware of it, but to be sure you can send an email to michaelt@krause.com. (I have no idea how to contact the Red Book folks. :( )
[img] to CoinTalk Adam. If I read it correctly, your last question was not about how to read the dates, but what they mean. The Islamic...
Head for your local public library and check them out in the Standard Catalog of World Coins, or - if you are lucky - a more specific catalog of...
I'm not sure we have any medal collectors on the forum who would be knowledgeable about your piece. It's not a coin and would not be listed in...
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