Nice channel! I'm sure you've thought of it, but perhaps you could forward your ideas for a YN Event (or Forum) at a national show? You'd...
Well, all of this took place at least 35~40 years ago, and Mario Pizzorni is now dead. Perhaps some of Italcambio's business dealings had to do...
Along with the Valcambi and Paris Mint gold coins, the South Korean 1970 "5,000 Years of Korean History" commemoratives appeared as 6-coin silver...
And the coins can be toned per customer request!
I like the magic marker "1" and "2" with the arrows showing the sucker ...uh, the customer...how to put in the 75 cents. Actually, I don't...
Here are some examples of the 12-coin sets. The Valcambi Mint sets have the 25K Won big coin, and the Paris Mint (11-coins) set did not include...
Ah! That is the question... I saw one of the more common "Silla Gold Crown" 20,000 Won struck at the Valcambi Mint (like the one in the big...
I think it's for anything over 55mm(?).
Pretty stoked to see these Paris Mint S. Korean gold coins for sale! Not that I can afford them. You can see them for sale at ebay. That big...
Need we say more? But what really takes the cake is the seller's misquote of the mintage: "ONLY 6,000!!" Well, he's only off by THREE MORE zeroes.
Fun to see this kind of chicanery...
Very nice. Thanks for the heads up for us here at CT. I wonder who grades their coins? Professional numismatists (or something like that)?...
Well, they finally make the Nixon one... Take a look at Hunter S. Thompson's obituary of Richard Nixon, here:...
Same here!
Agreed. I have sold a bunch of individual coins to (mostly) overseas buyers (China, Spain, Korea, etc.) and had no problem. Then again, I never...
The answers ARE: 1/2d: 65 1942 1/2 C: 63 1942 Florin: Bodybag (Env. Damage) 1942 Shilling: 66 1949 Sixpence: 65 1949 Threepence: 65 1949 Penny: 64...
That Shooting Championships one is sweet! I'd like to use this coin's image on a webpage that I am going to write on the 42 World Shooting...
Can't the Moderators block this "I Love Cleaned Coins" thread? It's like the beast that never dies!
Yes, keeping the entire collection at a certain "average condition" makes them look nice together. If the last few rows on the last page of an...
Looks like "Photograde" to me. These photos tell me much of what I would want to know about a coin before purchasing. However, I've always felt...
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