I see where the high points are on all of these coins and medals...
Yeah, I read that he was an art forger, too. Probably on the level, or higher, of Elmyr de Hory. If you like the topic of fakery, take a look...
I always wonder in what year(s) did changes in the consumer price index in Japan make certain coins not good stores of value any longer (for the...
A fellow numismatist that I know is trying to figure out what the actual Chinese characters are in the edge lettering of this Chinese...
Agreed! However, if you're gonna commemorate something that old, this is it!
Let's get an image of the edge!
They are also somewhat "modular" in that you can use the CAPS pages by themselves as displays.
Are these stiff plastic, or pliable? At coin shows, people like to "flip through" coins in boxes. If made out of pliable material, perhaps a...
The contemporary Japanese coins I simply cannot find in "no brown spots/decent eye appeal" UNC: Five-Yen coins and One-Yen coins in Showa 35, 36,...
Well... It looks like NGC slabs these with "coin alignment" and "Medallic Alignment" written on the tags. Okay, having written the only real...
Maybe it was because the "mounter guy" thought it was a coin that was in "medal alignment?" These coins from this Korean commemorative series...
Why does the slab info tag say "UNC Detail" and not "UNC Details"? I don't know too much about the wording on the holders, but isn't it supposed...
Yeah, I saw this one, too. I've seen these One-Won coins displayed upside down before in a few other holders: Both PCGS and NGC variety.
I've seen world coins placed upside down in the rubber cores of graded holders before. I thought it was because the guy who pops the coins into...
Thank You. Exactly. Twice over. I'm glad to hear the term, "ethics" enter into this discussion. The attitude that "well, anybody should go...
Okay... You've convinced me: I'll choose that as my fave, too.
Darn good question! I'm guessing that the dates were applied by hand in the case of the one on the left. They might have asked the Osaka (Japan)...
So, what should I call these varieties or variety? Shifted date, or wide date and narrow date? Also: You can easily see the two varieties in...
...You counted the dentils (or is it denticles? I don't know...) You, Sir, are a class act! [ATTACH]
Five. Thanks for the catch!
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