This 1958 has a nice cameo obverse & reverse.
Here is an unplated cent dated 1989.
Thanks for the link. I should be on the FUN Bourse floor all day Friday. I'm up in the air about Thursday. If it is nice weather on...
Here are some coins of Togo to follow the coins posted by John14 & Lonegunlawyer. My last passport has a couple pages containing Togo & Benin...
Here is a 1900-2000 5-year-old Krause on sale for $2.65 plus $3.95 shipping....
If we were to sort a mint bag of Morgan dollars into 10 piles for MS60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, & 70, then the largest pile might be...
This is a general rule that I was one time taught. The obverse is the money side of the coin. One should grade coins based upon the obverse &...
Strive to make the photo look like the coin in hand and shoot the photo in color. The goal should not be to make the photo look better than...
Agreed. It is right up there with the stick-man 2 Euro coin....
Beauty is in the eye of the belolder These are Maracaibo Leprosy Colony coins. Some of my Leprosy colony coins look like they have Leprosy.
This is a handy little book describing coins of the UK. IMO you should first get a copy of the 1900-2000 Kause catalog. It is available...
My new coin photos have been here for two full days & nobody at CT commented that the nice Jesus coin may be x-jewelry. Note the issue at...
Very nice Very nice. The 50 Chon has been on my want-list for some time now.
1915 J German 1-mark silver coin I got this 1915 J German 1-mark silver coin at the Liberty Coin Show in West Haven CT this last Sunday.
Here is a 1915 J German 1-mark silver coin. Sometimes they can be found for the price of silver. IMO this one has attractive toning. (Sorry the...
IMO folks should acknowledge their appreciation of good informative answers like Lehigh's post #5.
Web link Here is a good link describing my particular Grosso coin from 1275-1280 under the Venice Doge Jacopo Contarini. The link further...
The Venetian coin depicts Jesus Christ sitting on a throne. I thought of this thread yesterday when I posted the NEWP in the World section....
Here is the 500 Lire which got me hooked on the coin. :smile This silver ship's flag is waving into the wind. I never noticed this feature on...
We had this question at CT several years ago & it wasn't until after several posts that I posted "this same guy".
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