In my collection the more interesting side always goes to the front. It bugs me when I buy a coin and the side with the monarch is on the front....
I collect coins with bears so that one caught my eye.
Someone will probably tell me I'm totally wrong but I think the Chinese and Japanese characters are the same, or at least the Japanese are based...
Just curious what the "Little Bear Collection" on the slab means?
Not sure why you are being so vague about the coin and only have one side, but assuming it's a French Indochina 1 piastre then the weight is all...
That's too bad because it's often the first listing at the top of a search. I feel the same about trusting the AI summary that shows up at the top...
You got me. I just skimmed the beginning of the Wikipedia page as I was checking other sites to see if they agreed.
I've been trying to ID this coin which I thought was Japanese, but I couldn't find a match. I did a Google image search and the top match is a...
I was lucky to notice it because I don't look for this stuff. I had been thinking that my 3-year-old son might want to collect pennies someday and...
Thanks! I've never seen this before. Are they desirable?
I was looking at some coins before taking my change to the bank and I noticed this one looked odd. Not being an expert or even novice in errors or...
Here's my last post of the night, all the stuff that doesn't fit into the other categories. 1680 Ireland half penny featuring King Charles II....
With silver at $50 an ounce I really try to only buy small silver coins but sometimes you see something that just doesn't come along too often and...
I used to mostly ignore tokens and medals but lately I've been paying more attention. There is some interesting and sometimes valuable stuff out...
I previewed this a bit on another thread, but I picked up a bunch of older Italian coins on my recent LCS visit, some of which seem pretty rare....
Thanks! I don't have a copy of the 18th century Krause to check. Looks like a good score!
Thanks! I didn't realize the site was crowd sourced but that explains it, along with the alternate denomination. I've noticed like on the German...
Good idea but I don't see anything. Tuscany seems to be the right answer but I don't know why I can't find it in a good reference.
That's it but it doesn't say what country exactly it's from (there was no Italy then.) Plus why can't I find it on the major sites like Numista?
This shouldn't be this hard. The date 1791 is clear, but unfortunately the other side is worn away. I did a Google image search and I found a few...
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