Seconding whoever noted that shipments from wherever to US by postal mail get no scrutiny, but shipped by private carrier almost always have...
Whoops, just answered my own question by clicking on a link in the DR 1975 coin page, it's N#294640. The designer clearly didn't have a good...
Does anyone know what the coin depicted on the 1975 Dominican Republic commemorative of 1975 (N#28315) is MEANT to be? The DR coin itself refers...
Change through successive imitations is a common pattern in the early middle east and India. Page through Mitchiner's Oriental Coins and the...
Thanks for the direction on this. I've seen very few French jetons and didn't realize how inexpensive they are. It came from a dealer in beads...
Thought it might be French colonial, but didn't spot it in Gadoury. Size 25mm across shoulders, 3.00gm.
Speculating on the conjoined Massa pieces: unlikely to be a circulating coin, perhaps a wealth charm on the order of money trees.
I'm having some problems with the posting here, so forgive me if I repeat something. Here is the weight referred to by Robert (EWC) and also a...
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Looking forward to what you publish on these, TuckHard. The middle one with the Lion is published by Mitchiner, 2012 ONS article as early Dutch...
There were a lot of the Sarit medals around during and after the Vietnam War, a couple bucks each at the time, but haven't followed values since....
The best way to get too much money for something like this is take it to a local small-time antique auctioneer and split them into as many lots as...
Newbie to Coin Talk here, long time China coins dealer. Reading post by post I was saying to myself, hey, guy, you've got some junk here and some...
Maybe a brainfart as I haven't looked critically at Lincolns in 50 years, but the hubs were new then, so shouldn't the portrait be a lot sharper?...
Upper is Indian temple token, likely base silver or plated, commonest theme for these, which is Rama & Lakshmana standing in tribhanga pose, Rama...
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Rob, thanks for showing me this thread, and TuckHard, you have made a real step forward here in identifying the design on that 4 Massa. Most I've...
Looking for information on Piloncitos, esp. how often they turn up for sale in the Philippines, whether any recent hoards, whether counterfeits...
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