Yep, you got it. They are pretty scarce.
I spent a year in the jungle down there on the Southern tip of palawan Island, across the Straits from Borneo. Great diving there.
Yes, try the Philippines from the turn of the century through to WWII. Also the Peru "Sol-type" coinages from 1860's through to the 20's. I like...
There is a rare "medal orientation" of the 1871. The norm is "coinage".
Neither of the 1896's on the previous page is a "far 6". The 6's for 1896 were hand-punched into the working dies so that you have any number of...
I've never heard of any 1915 variety dealing with letter size, nor did Griffin note any. However, they DID use a larger font 5 in the date on...
The bronze ones for the '39 visit were given to all Canadian school children at the time. The silver ones were presentation pieces to important...
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Whether it's Spain, Peru or Mexico, it would be worth $5 or less.
Unles that is one humongous hole in there, I don't think that it's an 8 real or maybe not even a 4 real. What size (dia) is your coin? Like a...
A friend of mine has a neat site, but not sure how often it gets updated. Look for any anilmal that you wish: http://www.coinzoo.net/
Yep, no shoulder fold & far
In my opinion, you really have to be careful about applying pop reports for common date Canadian and Newf coinage. Until Registry sets started...
I forwarded the thread to Rob Turner, who I know spent a few days in London at the Mint going over old records and gathering data for his first...
I've forwarded a link to the guru for colonial tokens. Maybe he'll pop up
jlesliec: OK, you have a triple-punched (TP)#1 1859. It is a very scarce coin and currently Trends for $450 Cdn in VF-20. It's $350 in F-12 and...
BTW: I very seldom drop in to the threads titled "Post your latest Canadian ..." I always thought that was just a place to post what someone had...
Your first coin is a 9/8. There were 13 different reverse dies that had a larger/rounder font 9 handpunched in over the initial 8 into the...
There ARE Dansco type folders available. I have gotten Great Britain, Panama, Mexico, Austrailia, Philippines and, of course Canada and current...
He's got some great ideas and opinions, but has some real wacky ones as well.
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