You're rich Kyra - you found a whole 50 centavos. :D
I don't know about New Zealand, but in the rest of the common-law world (the countries whose legal systems derive from England) when there is a...
Nothing to be sorry about when you're right. :)
I am inclined to agree.Doug has forgotten more about Spanish Colonials than I ever expect to know.The "J" on Chile KM#74 is separated much further...
Actually my experience has been that antique shop sellers are universally ignorant about coins, and therefore almost always misprice them, but on...
Just as a matter of historical accuracy, it was Hitler who used an "inverted" symbol. The American Indian symbol, the ancient Japanese symbol,...
Well, if the equivalents of Congress and the Federal Reserve can't agree, why should Aidan and I? :D
I don't think Krause has it listed. The only 5 Denars described in the 2005 32nd Ed. are FAO coins with a Yugoslavian sheep dog facing left....
No guess, just basic American history. John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the U.S., was the son of John Adams, 2nd President. What I didn't...
The Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause & Mishler is a set of telephone book-sized volumes covering the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20/21st...
It needs to be seen by someone who's familiar with those coins. The wrong initials and a 10% weight error raise some serious red flags. :(
The answer is not just plain "no", it's [img] no!
Hi Adam. Welcome to the forum. The top coin appears to be a silver Mexican 2 Reales of Ferdinand VII, KM#92, described as an "armored bust"...
Coins come out of a wrapping machine in a completely random manner. Nope.
Unless those are unusual years, the value of your rounds is almost certainly bullion +/- 10%. For a group of 10 that's very roughly in the $60-70...
If only that were true. Take it from a guy who litigated several thousand cases over a 30+ year career in corporate legal departments, very often...
For the group which includes these :rolleyes: :cool: :p :D :confused: :o :eek: :( :mad: standard smilies that appear in a box to the...
Using a name or initials that are easy to confuse with one of the big four would be just one more mark against an unknown TPG in my book. If...
Sadly there are folks who whizz their coins with rotating wire brushes. The kind used in an electric drill often leave curved marks, but when the...
Hi fellow, and welcome to the forum. I use a set of calipers very similar to the middle one shown at the Brent-Kreuger site, which I picked up in...
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