Have you considered a shadow box? They don't have holes to hold the coins, but might make for a different-looking, but still nice presentation......
THe Answer IS: MS-67 Cameo. :O... Oh, snap: I totally didn't see page 2, either. Really. (I miss Ed Wood)
Yes, no need to report fakes anymore. They got out of the business of honesty long ago... It's a simple business decision for eBay to not attend...
Same here. I'm staying at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel. It's pricier, but the spouse is tagging along, and she won't stay in any hotel that...
This one: https://www.money.org/worldsfairofmoney
I'm going on Thursday 8/15 and Friday 8/16. Looking forward to this one. It's a biggie!
I'm noticing this is a pattern with users of other nations' currencies, too. Not like it's a "new" thing, but what is it: Is it that we don't...
You didn't have to go and say that, Doug. Great. Yet something else in coins for which I cannot get a third-party, definitive answer, but will...
Yep. You know, I never liked people telling me that precious metals are "real money." Gold and silver only have value because people assign...
Hey, man. Dampen the buzzkill... I gotta fill out my Dansco page with Shields up to 2027.
Very interesting interactions between people over there at CU... [ATTACH] Thanks for sharing!
Yes, I think that's part of it. But "buying the seigniorage" of the gold coins opens up another question for me. I'll explain. In an earlier...
By the way, the one ounce (50,000-Won) gold coins' issue price at the time was $750 USD.
Got it, Doug. Thanks for the conversation here. This is complicated, so that's why I was wondering why the Korean author wrote that only in...
But do you see how the government can RENOUNCE the seigniorage, ie. not make the "receiver" pay for the coins? That's the SEIGNIORAGE FUNDING...
Doug, I think your definitions of "seigniorage" and "surcharge" are different from how I learned them in regards to commemorative coin funding for...
More about seigniorage: Isn't the money gained through printing money or profiting off of securities basically the same as seigniorage (i.e.,...
Sorry for the late reply, @GDJMSP , @Burton Strauss III , and @Legomaster1 , but I just got back from Korea on a research trip where I got some...
I am researching the 1988 Seoul Olympics commemorative coins, typical of my central obsession with Korean numismatics... A very rare book that...
Hold on to 'em. The exchange rate will surely tilt in the favor of the Yen. I remember about 10 years ago when 500-Yen was about $7.50. I found...
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