Instead of relying on that note, I use the emperor finding listing in the first part of the book. It list them in stroke number order, and then...
Looks Japanese to me, Hartill 25.62 in his Chinese book. Dang Doug, I thought it was Northern Sung, got me flipping through, then went to the...
Yes all 3 are would be findable in modern Afghanistan. I have 3 types of the large coins, and 2 types of the small ones for these issues. For the...
Really? I thought fair use laws allowed the publication of samples during a review in which the reviewer or site was not making money on it. That...
Its actually a very common misconception sir. "Rare" is always relative. No one pays for absolute rarity. A 1916d Mercury dime is not a rare coin...
Could be jewelry as well, you are right. Btw, the obverse especially is not German, but Venetian. If any German coins looked like this it would...
I do not believe the elephant coin is Kushan, but Indian from around the 10th century. By then the Kushans were gone. My understanding of the...
I think you may be surprised how many different varieties you have Doug. Kai Yuan have many varieties, and I have found many not even in Hartill....
Hi all, I wanted to start a thread about books. One of the main problem with references is that you don't know how good it will be, and cannot...
The first coin is a Nezak Hun, Hepthalite, silver drachm. There were minted around Kabul. The "Hepthalite" designation is somewhat tenuous, as...
I would, the blue book I do not feel has the same quantity of information for the collector as the red book. A red book and an ANA grading guide...
Good point. In all of my experience cleaning US and ancient coins, I have never needed air. Three baths in distilled water will eliminate any need...
Looks like a religious medal. It was plated, which is why the plating is coming off.
There are lots of good fakes in ancients, but they are not from China, (except for the ancient chinese ones). Reproductions of ancient coins have...
Tell you what man, there is enough coins for all. If Santa is bringing you that, though, I have my own little list..... :) Either that, or some...
Well welcome the heck back! :)
Personally I like the "Chinese Grotto Art" one as a nice modern coin. Boy, doesn't our "art by committee" Boy Scout entry really look lame and...
The two shown are different coins. Just like in any market, relative rarity and desirability would affect values. I do not know which of the two...
http://unctad.org/infocomm/anglais/platinum/uses.htm Kind of interesting. I didn't know platinum was now bigger in China than Japan for jewelry uses.
Very true. Its much worst for ancient collectors, since almost no shops carry ancients locally, and if I am lucky one dealer will attend a local...
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