I frequently chuckle/get frustrated when I see eBay listings described as rare when the coin has 20 million mintage. Some sellers throw it out...
Collect, those are pretty strange. I see a lot of Mexican errors like that on eBay which makes me think their quality control wasn't great at the...
Thanks, it is very fulfilling. Now I need the 1973 1 centavo and I'll really be happy. Noob, I don't need another one, but if you list it on eBay...
I finally got the 1975 Mexican 10 pesos coin that I've been seeking for about a year, and for a very good price. Other recent auctions have gone...
I have a Whitman folder for Canadian coins, and I hate how they leave a space for varieties like this, because I couldn't care less about...
I've been collecting Brazilian reis coins for the last few months now. I didn't want to show them off yet though because I don't want to inspire...
A lot of coins sold on eBay are being sold by people who are not collectors. They might be people who have inherited them, people who buy at...
Wikipedia tells me that Ferdinand IV of Naples was also Ferdinand III of Sicily, so I'd say one or the other.
The Brazilian coins from the latter 19th century have a similar thing - on one side it lists the year it was authorized, and the other lists the...
A lot of eBay sellers do this too - they tape the bare coin to a piece of paper to ship it. It annoys me but I'm mostly buying lower quality coins...
It's often faked too, so that's another problem.
Yeah, I don't know who would be more inclined to buy something because the seller has a sob story, but maybe it's worth a shot. I find it annoying...
I find the date system very frustrating because I don't have anything to magnify it, so I can never figure out what year they are really from.
I wasn't bidding on it so I'm glad you are getting a chance if it's something you like. I've been trying to assemble a collection of French coins...
Thanks, Dave. That's really helpful. I'd say you're probably exactly right about it being a game piece. I'm glad I didn't decide to bid on this...
I saw this auction and I was wondering if this is really what this guy says it is. He says it is an ultra rare pattern trial. I can't read French,...
Here are some newer ones: A pound, 20 pence and 50 pence.
Here are the farthing, half penny and the three pence. The farthings are mostly pretty rare actually. I only have two.
I'm working on collecting the Irish coins now among my many interests. I like the design and the fact that they haven't been produced for that...
You could have started your own thread instead of hijacking mine, inheritcoins. Anyway, you can't just give a year, you need the country and the...
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