One of my favorite coins comes in a counterstamped form: the dazzling Meiji Dragon Japanese Yen coins of 1870 - 1914. They are roughly the size of...
My guess, though others may know better, is that the coin would be worth much more without the fingerprint - unless one could prove that it came...
At first I saw nothing. Then, after staring at it for a while, I could make out traces of color layers. Now I see a coin that was color altered...
Somewhere between MS-64 and MS-65... so when will the TPGs introduce decimal grades?
Between the lines, I read it as "we will keep making them as long as people keep buying them" (after 70,000, that is).
How did I forget the Edward VI Crowns and Half Crowns from 1551 - 1553? They were supposedly the first coins in the UK to feature Arabic rather...
I'm not aware of a specific list of numismatic equine items, but I was able to search for "horse" at Numista: http://en.numista.com/ and find...
I concur with the rest: very nice coin and very nice picture! It turned out much better than my own first attempt. Do you care to share your...
The links point to 5 Yen coins (五円) and the JNDA catalog lists Year 33 (昭和三十三年) as 1958, but the coin shown is Year 32 (昭和三十二年) or 1957. In my...
I looked up the exchange rate on one of the many internet sites that exist (and there are many if you never need to know a conversion for just...
Whoa... I would not feel right doing my duty on that... with all of those ladies and presidents and founders ... not to mention bison......
As already said (but I didn't notice at first): Taiwan, 5 Yuan Copper-Nickel KM:552 - there are a few identical to it on VCoins, but with...
Such coins have completely fulfilled their economic duty. But, as we all know, numismatists mostly prefer coins that have seen minimal action....
In a word, no. I've never experienced anything like that, but I have also never been to a huge east coast show either. I try to make it to shows...
I did join my local coin club, but I've only shown up two or three times in the past year. Sometimes the topics are extremely interesting,...
I possess both raw and slabbed coins, but the majority are raw (though 90% now sit snugly in air-tites). Things just worked out that way....
Ah, you apparently haven't been ushered into the "special" room where Dionysian revelry prevails! :D:eek:
Those of you who appreciate the findings of this thread will probably love the book "Keep the Change: A Collector's Tales of Lucky Pennies,...
The temptation to count "likes" is ravenous, but I try to ignore it for many of the reasons already stated. Regardless, I do enjoy receiving likes...
Nothing has convinced me that humans, myself included, are capable of learning anything from history, but perhaps the wispy past could provide...
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