I'm really glad you went in that direction, because I love Egypt! I spent 6 weeks in Egypt in high school building an orphanage, and these are...
It's hard to tell, is the staple retained in the coin? That's pretty cool! And, I do think it is a staple, not a brush bristle. Brush bristles...
Slightly rough condition, but believe it or not I got this in change when I spent a week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
There is a lot of really good information on that website. But wow, the design of that site is straight out of 1995.
How good is CoinTalk compared to the TPGs? Let's find out! Over the next several months, I'll be posting a continuous stream of Guess the Grade...
Very interesting post. Thanks for the great before and after pictures!
I have to agree. If it is in a problem-free holder, that scratch explains the low price you paid.
Quick cruise to Madagascar: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I actually bought it as a counterfeit, because it was a counterfeit (it only cost me a dollar). Yes, the signs that it is cast are clear in hand....
Nah, that's just an artifact of the lighting. Don't worry about it, it won't look that way in hand.
Those rims scream business strike to me.
I see it as cheap as $7 online. $15 is the absolute max I'd pay. Look for more examples here:...
I'd look in the Krause Standard Catalogue of World Coins. It will tell you the composition of every coin from every country in every year.
Doesn't really mean it's a proof. In the second half of the 19th century, proof dies were often used to strike proof coins and then used to strike...
If counterfeits aren't allowed, I'll play this coin from French IndoChina (which is also... now part of Vietnam). So, double hitter to get to the...
How about this - a contemporary counterfeit of a coin from the French protectorate of Tonkin (now, part of Vietnam). If contemporary...
Great color! It depends on what you're collecting. If I could find a way to justify this, it would absolutely be a keeper. Especially if you...
St. George and the Dragon? I thought that was a British theme. Cool coin!
The 1894 is a no-questions-asked absolutely fake. That was easy. The 1908 is a slightly better fake, so that one took me 10 seconds to identify...
This is the coin we were talking about in the other thread, right? Glad it appears there are no surface problems (I'm always worried about them...
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