...And the Socialist Republic of Vietnam did not have coins from 1975 to the early 2000s, either. AND I'm sure there are other examples, but the...
South Korea. They are in the midst of a big coin "boom," from what friends and coin retailers over there tell me. It's a boom in some different...
I'm pretty sure your coin is the frosted proof variety of 20K mintage, if it's mirror and had frosted devices. The catalogs have definitely...
Looks like you've been collecting these for some time?
Alas, no 14D.. Sigh. Nice 1940-era cents, though.
Is it "common?" I really have no idea just how many survivors there are out there, and in what condition, of course. What I know is what I see...
I was at this show last year. It was totally worth it for me! If you only get to visit little shows, ones like these just blow you away!
I can certainly relate to THAT problem...
The image on the 5,000 Won silver commemorative coin was derived from a tomb mural depicting a hunting scene that was painted on the wall of a...
[ATTACH] The story behind the manufacture and release of these two South Korean commemorative coins is a roller coaster ride of tight deadlines...
I would think that a single airtite page from the CAPS coin album system would do the job just as well, but the coins would be in airtites, so no...
WHY would they "renumber" a coin??? Oy vey... Just give every coin a unique ID number. They don't have to be sequential, do they? Just...
For all other coins that have these two finishes, the Korean catalogs list "무광프루프" (frosted proof) and "유광프루프" (proof, unfrosted). These are the...
Take a look at these two different finishes for this coin: South Korea, 5,000 Won 42nd Shooting Championships commemorative (KM #23) What kind of...
Yeah, I remember it. Such a lucky find, that one.
Don't listen to mrbreeze, please offload this horrible thing on me. I'll gladly relieve you of your burden(!) Sweet coin. Nice photo, too.
I sure hope it's a fitting commemorative piece for the 50th anniversary. That needs to happen.
I believe that changes in imaging technology, and the common use of such imaging products, could alleviate much of the current distrust of images...
Funny how salt and vinegar reacted differently with each of those coins. What was it about that 1966 cent that makes it seem that the brown...
That's exactly what the designers of the coin were aiming for! They wanted it to look like an 1882 "Dae Dong Eun Jeon" coin.
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