I checked out your site. Nice collection!
Thanks! Does this term "ethnic" only apply to ancient coinage? In U.S. coinage, is the legend, "United States of America" the ethnic?
Okay, thanks. Athens, got it. Now, what is an "ethnic" in this sense? Does this mean "text?" I thought ethnic was an old-fashioned term for a...
May I ask what an "ethnic" is in exergue? I don't seen any ethnics there.
Yeah, Showa 57 is 1982. "Showa" is the 'regnal title' of emperor Hirohito. So Japanese call Hirohito "Showa Tenno." (Tenno means "god" I...
Thanks for this!
Not my coins, but here are two South Korean Doubled Die examples: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Email works? Good to know. I have cited errors on two occasions in snail mail messages to them, with no results. Cheers.
...and a course through an accredited institution is the ONLY kind of college-level course that I would take. People I know have thrown away...
Mine is a 1909-S Lincoln in EF-45 grade. I think you can find nice looking chocolate-brown specimens pretty easily.
If others here at CT have noticed some editing errors or typos in the country listings in Krause Publications' Standard Catalog of World Coins,...
Hey guys, the these sentences from the listing completely absolves this seller: "I'm just a salesman and sell those items that my suppliers...
If the medal, token, ducat and jeton cataloguers are wise, all of them would include these pieces in their catalogues. How could it hurt?
If it's too good to be true, it probably is?
A face-on image of a building like that is just tough to bring up fully when struck. There is also weakness in the main device on the obverse...
It seems that many collectors of U.S. coins are concerned about the "FSB," "FBL" and "Full Steps" designations with our graded Mercs, Franklins...
Yep. Dark toning. You can see this kind of color on Lincolns often. Not sure it's the result of "more oxidation" of the copper(?), or just...
You should hold up a Stella and tell your child, "If you buy Boppie 20 of these when you get older, I promise I'll show you 'the secret' to...
Yeah, @spirityoda is right: There is still plenty of reason to be hopeful about collecting coins. My previous post sounded so negative before,...
I was afraid of that. Well, now you know. And it's better to know than to not know about forgeries in your possession. Very good forgeries of...
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