You can "read foreign language" if you try. If someone as dumb as I can read Chinese-Character numbers, you can too. The first two Characters...
Showa 27, or in Gregorian Calendar, 1952.
Yes, Linda, I can easily see that these Yang and Hwan coins have the hallmarks of counterfeits from the lettering and designs. These were heavily...
Take a photo of them. Get your camera as close to the coin as possible. Please take photos of both sides. Upload images to a posting here. Two...
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Interesting coin...
EXACTLY. Especially at coin shows. If a dealer can't display his/her prices for the non-bullion and precious-metal coins, or if the dealer is...
How about this? https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict06forriala/page/n15
Very good article. Thank you for the information! Weren't these U.S. commemoratives from this "classic" series the subject of dealers hoarding...
Wonder if this one is at the Newman Numismatic Library online?
Yeah, I'd have to say Chile. The feather details of that engraving are interesting to me.
This might be a long shot. But are there market statistics that give some insight into which countries, by percentage, make up the majority of...
It was probably minted in Korea, though. I know the Koreans won a contract to mint these around this time. Not sure when that contract began,...
What do you mean? Is it up for bid again? EDIT: Oh, yeah! Here it is:...
I can sympathize... Forget about the negative people at school. If your experience will be anything like mine was, after you leave school, you...
The ANA is the main coin collector organization in the United States. The ANA was "formed to advance the knowledge of numismatics (the study of...
Primordial urge. Like salmon swimming upstream...
There's a sad reason why people in prison may do dumb things like that. I've heard that corrections authorities use their state departments of...
65% Cu, 35% Zn. The date is 2000.
Why would corrosion appear like this on a coin? Might it be the way the metal is composed that makes this "stripe" pattern? [ATTACH]
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