I see what you mean. I didn't even look at the blown up picture. This coin sold for a lot more than I would have expected anyway. I was thinking...
Interesting. Thanks for sharing the link.
I have purchased a lot of proof coins that other people broke up and sold individually, and I prefer it that way, but when it's up to me to break...
When I first read a thread about a star note and realized they were worth saving, I checked my wallet and found one. That was more than a year ago...
Thanks for the opinions. I chose not to bid on it. I want my coins to look their age.
What do you think of the toning on this coin? I know some people like this sort of thing, but this doesn't look normal to me. Most coins I see of...
I posted some on a thread about African coins. I'll post others next week sometime.
OK, thanks for the explanation and the identification.
Thanks for the compliments. I like animal coins and so many of these have nice animal motifs, so that's a big plus for me. Yes, the Malagasy is...
Thanks. It's always rewarding when you find something unexpected.
I don't have any immediate plans to sell it, but I guess I'll leave it alone if that would be considered proper. I do kind of like the info on the...
It really doesn't look like silver to me.
Last but not least 1966 Uganda 2 shillings. I had a few others that I already put away, but this is the majority of the African coins.
1964 Rhodesia 20 cents 1965 Congo 10 francs (I love this one. I actually got two of these). 1965 Malagasy 1 franc
1959 French Somaliland 1 franc 1961 Central Africa 50 francs 1961 Mali 5 francs
1952 Guinea-Bissau 50 centavos 1956 Togo 5 francs 1958 Madagascar 1 franc
1891 German East Africa 1 pysa, 1898 East African Protectorate 1 pice, 1928 Belgian Congo 1 franc.
Recently I posted that I had a great day at the coin shop, getting a chance to pick through a book of world coins, with everything 50 cents each....
I bought this New Zealand 10 cent coin for my collection. It is a low mintage coin not released for circulation, and it came in a package that...
I bought this coin on eBay. I knew it was misidentified and now I'm trying to figure out what it is. I read the date as 1223 + 28, making it 1834....
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