Makes ebay a lot more attractive doesn't it?
Posting photos of your coins will provide better idea of the authenticity. Otherwise they are very unlikely to be genuine at this point of time.
Cotton banknotes are much easier to be counterfeited. Polymer banknotes are nearly indestructible (with the exception of heat) and they do last a...
I'm 99.999% certain that you have counterfeits. 1892 5 yang is quite scarce at the low mintage of under 20,000 and 1893 1 whan survival figure is...
From my understanding, the threat of counterfeit old 1 pound coin is too great to allow them to continue circulating. When you hear figures such...
Wow... Would have been nice to see what it was like.
I hate to be the sour lemon here as I know doing one album takes quite an effort. My first impression is that this was rushed - some coin position...
Sometimes you need to factor in that mint quality control was not there for some countries in more than a century ago
My understanding is that platinum and palladium have similar hardness therefore there should not be a drama when striking palladium. Especially...
I see this kind of damage often with worn aluminum coins. I suspect it has been exposed to heat damage and thus parts of it bulged out.
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