I wonder if this ANA show has some "big time" World Coin dealers? I wish I could go to Chicago so that I could just look for three coins that I...
Well, they look "not harshly cleaned" to me, according to the pics you provided. I have some old British Commonwealth coins in brilliant Red from...
Excuse me while I go change my underwear now...
Lucky duck... It's so cool that there are still coin sellers out there who don't seem to care about world coins. I guess cherrypicking is...
Agreed. Looks like you scanned them. A digital camera that has a decent-enough focal length or macro function would do the trick.
Congrats on your sweet surprise! Were you worried it wasn't gonna get a grade?
Love the OP's essay. I wish we had a forum just for historical essays (like this one) related to coins and the extant social/political context at...
I will pay more than "market" price if it means paying in the $1 to $50 range, if I need the coin to help complete a collection. Above that, I...
Yep. I learned a bit about that from that PCGS video on counterfeits at youtube. [MEDIA]
I run a website that has several linked pages. I guess I never got into the blog thing. I like that I can control the appearance of my pages...
Instead of photos, could users upload embedded Youtube videos?
In my "expert opinion", 1, 3, and 5.
Thanks for the notes, Amanda!
I've got a couple of identically "countermarked" Japanese 2 Sen coins dated 1877. Still don't know why they were marked with a "2". Maybe by...
Learned quite a bit from reading his posts, and have benefitted from his motto: "knowledge.....share it"
Thanks for your response, and I kind of suspected that's how it was done. However, it seems that, in a way, they kind of don't use the same...
I would like to know ANYTHING about how PCGS and NGC determine grades for so many different world coins. The ANA has its own grading standards,...
Yes, specialize in ONE country (or two...), and get to know them. Don't just buy the silly Krause catalog, although it's a good start. Granted,...
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