Being on CoinTalk and seeing people cataloging, indexing, etc. their collections kind of makes me feel inadequate. I don't know most of what I...
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Just wondering if they ever found out if it was some outfit or organization that did the counterfeiting. Mine is from the Bank of Japan, although...
Excellent point, except that even for the "very rare coin" if you pay retail for it, it will be a cold day in Hades before you can show a profit....
I saw that one, looking for anything else.
I kin sthop eny time I like...;)
This is why I wish there were a reliable way to clean....uh....conserve copper coins.
A wise man
I made a scan for another post, so I will use it here as well. This is a 100,000 yen coin, so $950 face value, exclusive of collector value....
What would happen if you tried to make a coin ring out of a cent by hammering or spooning the edges all around but then just folded the extra thin...
Yeah, I guess we need to use our smilies more :angelic::angelic::angelic::angelic::angelic:
Check out the TPG slab [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Weighing is a good thought, I don't think it will take too long for Mike to show up.
I have looked, at one time or another, for information on a coin my mother-in-law got for me at the Bank of Japan (nice lady). Very interesting...
I found several 100 yen and one 500 yen coins in a dealer's junk box (5 for $1) and at first thought...Oh Boy...then realized I could only spend...
People seldom get my humor either, that's why I try and append some sort of a smiley : - )
Just for fun you could try some penetrating oil or WD-40 to see if it would loosen up the "corrosion".
Looks like a strip of foil wrapped around it. You could peel it off, of course then you would have destroyed it. @mikediamond will have good input.
Why would you want to say this about his grandmother?
I think the only "problem" coin I ever knowingly bought was a large cent that was in a details holder because of a scratch. I really didn't even...
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