Yep. I had totally overlooked the reeded edge until Post #9. [IMG]
I think y'all are right. The future of physical money is in doubt and the 21st century may see the end of it. Maybe not in my lifetime, but in...
Nice toning gives yours contrast to make the design stand out, @Mat. The edges are a bit ragged but I like your coin. The obverse lettering...
[IMG] That's about it for my Canadian Vickies from the old 1901 set, since I played the 50c piece a page or so back.
Hey, wait... shouldn't a DB/SE dollar also have a lettered edge?
Looks like a genuine Chinese cash coin of around the 18th century to me. The two characters in your first image would be the name of the mint....
RUN AWAY!!! Edited to add: I'm not suggesting your junk silver guy is trying to rip you off. He may not know. Just beware, is all I'm sayin'....
If that's fake (and I highly suspect that it is) it's better than a lot of fake ones out there. I will say that there is NO way in Hades I would...
I can never see the mintmarks on those Sovereigns.
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The trade did not go through on this coin, so it's with me a little while longer while I consider other options. That's not a bad thing. For...
Yes, those are both S-166 cents with the telltale die break. Enough high grade examples have turned up here in coastal GA that I have a pet...
Interesting. Until now I did not know the Vichy state had struck coins for the colonies.
Cool. Looks like an 1820s-30s Coronet head. Any data on the shilling? My dig buddies find stuff like this occasionally. They hunt some...
I agree with what @physics-fan3.14 said. The example he posted has near perfect eye appeal. Yours is unfortunately a bit too harshly cleaned for...
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Yes. 1943 were made of steel and therefore magnetic. 1944 were not.
I like the current size of the small dollars OK but the British pound coins, despite being of a smaller diameter, have a nicer feel in hand...
These are lovely. I no longer have the picture of the on in my old collection.
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