From what I've observed, they seem to make a lot of coins for collectors. Everything I've seen, like the ones you have, are obviously meant for...
So you are collecting the worst condition coins you can find?
That was actually what inspired me to search. I had never thought to look before.
I look for them all summer and then usually I find them one weekend in the fall and that's it. I really like the coin too.
I got this in the mail today. 2012 50 Tenge from Kazakhstan. I love praying mantises so I had to have this.
I agree that the Nazi era coins are a little neat because of the historical significance, but most are very common. If you browse the world coins...
I bought one recently for about $11 I think, which is the silver value. I agree they are a beautiful coin though.
That makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up.
So why is this a forgery as opposed to a token? There are a slew of British tokens from this time period and I haven't heard them referred to as...
I can only imagine what the selection might be like in Europe. I don't think I'd be able to get them home on the plane though. I wouldn't be able...
I was a history major too and that's the major reason why I am interested in world coins. It's a physical tie to all these historical events and...
Nice job. You're lucky that your local coin shop has such great selection. When I first started searching the value bins I was finding things like...
I'm guessing it's from one of the Indian states. From the colonial era, there were the British India coins and then a bunch of independent...
I think the old Chile coins are a beautiful design. I was very surprised though when I bought a group of them on eBay and tried to sell my doubles...
I don't have photos available right now, but there is also a series of Canadian quarters with Winter Olympics events on them from the last few...
Sure thing. There's two more coins in this style that I plan to get in the next few days. I bought all these from a guy in Greece on eBay for a...
I'm not sure if these two are actually about the Olympics, but it's close at least.
Three more 500 drachmas.
Who knows more about the Olympics than the Greeks?
I was trying to look this up in Krause. The listing for Rhodesia and Nyasaland starts in 1955 and Rhodesia in 1964. It says to refer to Southern...
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