Die #1? Looks like Die #2 to me.
Nice stuff! I wish my local coin store had a silver junk bin. They tend to be waaaaaaaay over priced for even common foreign stuff. A dollar for...
I'm not an expert but that looks like the DDO I posted the link to earlier. Hopefully someone else will chime in who has more knowledge than me....
Poor Tommy's face is melting off! I like it :)
It's hard to tell with your pictures being at an angle and not straight above the coin but I also feel like I see some spread on Liberty.
I'm too lazy to read all 8 pages but I'm wondering if we have yet hit Godwin's law with this thread? :)
Got this 1898 Japan 50 Sen in the[ATTACH] mail today. Snagged it for $3.49. :)
Can you take a close up of Liberty and Trust?
Hmmmm....looks a bit like this: http://coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1982&die_id=1982p1do002&die_state=mds Does your coin have the...
I have banknotes that I picked up on my trip to the DMZ but no coins. I have never seen a "real" coin from NK. All the junk you see on ebay is...
I always fish the coins out of the trash can next to the coin machines. I've found some cool stuff in there including a few mercury dimes one time :)
Just finished 4 boxes of dimes: Box 1 - 1964D Roosie Box 2 - 1943 Merc, 1991S Proof, 1985 Canadian 10c, 2001 Panama 10c Box 3 - 1977S Proof, 1989S...
Agreed.
Can you take a picture of the whole coin?
Well, based on desertgem's link you can buy them in bulk from China for about $1.70 a piece and those seem to be much nicer looking than yours...
I don't know much about them but something about that one doesn't look right to me.
The 1/2 Real has the stars that are on the obverse. Without knowing size or weight I would guess that it is a 1/2 real....
Looks like: http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/peru-real-km-52-1751-176050-cuid-2074-duid-9990
Dirt, grime, and nastiness.
Without seeing the reverse I would say that it may be a slightly misaligned die.
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