There are two coins that caught my interest. First one is the Korean 1/4 yang which is supposedly dated 1898. This is a contemporary...
There is definitely more than just cultural importance of koban. While I am certain that shrines used to sell replica kobans, I cannot say for...
Akita 9 momme 2 fun can be obtained as long as one is willing to fork out a fair bit of money. Morioka 8 momme however is a lot less common....
Collecting aluminum coins by type set can be interesting! There sounds like an album type set. (maybe I should not have suggested it!)
Very nice coin! I've seen a few of them while I was in Tokyo. I believe JNDA is a decent reference for koban as well. Haven't looked at Hartill....
I think what is intriguing would be the amount of different types of coins in circulation during the Soviet era. Take a step back and recall what...
Seriously, can I please borrow your time machine? They look better than some coins fresh out from mint bags...!!!
I think we are dismissing the importance of the mint token. If I am not mistaken, this looks the same and struck on a similar type based on the...
As far as I am aware, this is another variation for packaging. What should be noted is that this features coins from both Moscow and Leningrad...
I can agree. A lot of the nicer examples are found overseas. Some early coin collectors who recognized the beauty of such coins also contributed...
Sometimes one would wonder how they managed to survive especially in XF+ condition. A lot of the surviving examples are heavily chopmarked, worn,...
Its no surprise that the Pavel ruble is heavily inspired by the Ducat. At one stage, St. Petersburg was known to strike counterfeit Dutch ducat.
As far as I am aware, there is no such 2 kopek overstruck over 1 kopek. I am happy to see such example. While 28g seems high, it is slightly over...
Thannk you for your kind comment GSDykes. I've been replying using a smartphone or at a library as mu computer broke a while ago. Therefore I...
I disagree. 2 kopek coin would have been overstruck over 2 ore and this is quite scarce. I have only seen pictures of such and have not obtained a...
The figure can be right if and only if the 1991 20 kopek has no mint mark on it. This is extremely scarce to rare.
It is unfortunately a counterfeit. Countefeits can exist pretty much as soon as such coins are released in the public.
I'm a bit at a loss. This particular 2 kopek is known for overstruck over the previous 1755 - 1757 1 kopek. If you look closely at the right side...
I did forget to mention that the biggest user of aluminum bronze coins may have been the Soviet Union. Taking for instance the 1 to 5 kopek coins,...
Just because aluminum is a cheap metal doesn't mean that all coins are cheap even in circulated condition, especially some key dated coins. Take...
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