From what I've seen, you have it nailed Rick. With the priority of live bidders, there's very little chance of winning on the internet unless...
Which Japanese show did you attend? At the Osaka show in '03 I basically saw Japanese and U.S. material, with a little bit of British...
Wrong! As several people have already pointed out, the buyer's "cost" is never the final bid unless the auction includes free S/H. If I pay...
"Toning" is high-faulting language for "tarnishing". There's nothing else to say.
They may, but if it were to turn out that your pieces are replicas, counterfeits, or otherwise not what they appear to be, you could find yourself...
Absolutely. In 1948, when the changeover occurred, the Emperor, and the people, were still dealing with the realization that he was not divine,...
In 1950-53 there was a little dustup on the west side of the Sea of Japan, referred to at the time as a "Police Action", that required a bunch of...
Rick - just remember that the character for year, which is rendered in Japanese as "nen", is always the last character of the date.
Hi Rick. As Notoco said, early in the Showa era they did change the legends from the traditional Asian language right-to-left, to the western...
Hi lakebreeze. Welcome to the forum. You have one of a series of souvenier medals sold in the gift shops at National Parks. Bryce Canyon is...
Hi Mike. Welcome to the forum. I'm no expert on Lincoln cents, but the only wide-close AM varieties I have ever heard of are on the 1998-2000...
Hi rj. Welcome to the forum. A 2001 Roosie doesn't have any silver content. They consist of a center layer of pure copper, and outer layers of...
Unless that 1944D is the elusive overstrike showing a slight remnant of an "S" under the "D", it isn't entitled to that exclamation point. There...
because the rims are so sharp on the 2005D buffs I just took out of a bank roll. Is that common on this issue :confused:
Welcome to the forum edeab220. One way to reduce the file size without affecting the resolution is to crop. Waiting for all that surrounding...
You might try a quick dip in pure acetone (from the hardware/paint store, not the adulterated stuff sold as nail polish remover). Go from the...
No way, its actually one of the oldest. :mad:
Welcome to the forum Novel Idea. I agree with Rick about what it is supposed to be, but unfortunately between its provenance, and its surface...
The only reason Speedy edited that post is that he saw it before I did. BTW I'm old enough to remember exactly where I was and what I was doing...
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