You can see that the coins have the mintmark of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Finally hunted down this really scarce variety. There are three different varities that was struck in 1898, noted as small, medium and large...
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You mean this link collect89? http://www.cointalk.com/t73281/ :) Should be doable if you don't include the tough trade dollar hole.
Price is way too low on that particular coin. Reckon it should be at least 3-8x of what kvarterto has quoted.
All counterfeit.
Here is Basok's site - a dealer that sells Russian coins: http://www.rustypennies.com/catalog/imperial_coins.html Prices are quite realistic, not...
The 'coin' claims that it's a 1700 polushka which is 1/4 kopek. Clearly not genuine unfortunately. If it is genuine, it's worth quite a fair bit.
Coins struck in Taiwan - not those modern coins are generally uncommon to scarce. About cash coins, here's one good page:...
No, the stamp is perfectly right and is genuine. Note Ripley used " " to describe the coin. During 1875-77, the Japanese mint struck trade...
If it's trade dollar, it says trade dollar like this example: [img] Pricy coin in any condition.
It's an official countermark done in Osaka Mint - they countermark on the left instead of right which is Tokyo Mint. This type of coin is mainly...
Not too sure to be honest but I am happy to fork out 10 dollars easily for yours. Definitely no longer one of those 'junk box' coin.
Good thing about Japanese coins are that they are still very affordable because they are struck in terms of millions. Early Meiji coins are...
It's from Hunan province. I call it the single character mark. http://www.gxseries.com/numis/china/china_province.htm There's 19 different...
The Japanese 10 sen coin alone should be worth easily 7 dollars. Nice pickup.
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Coins dated 1912 and later are still easy to identify. I still struggle with the sexagenary cycle:...
It's not a bad price for one dollar - in your coin's condition, some buyer might be happy to buy it at over 20 dollars. Chinese coins are...
You don't need a XF quality coin to make a collection impressive. If you can find these coins in a better condition in a "reasonable" price,...
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