Oh! Thanks for that. I just remember periodic table abbreviations (Au, Ag), so these must be specific to coins and medals(?) And, yes, that...
Cool back story to your set. Btw, what is "AV" and "AR"?
Thanks for all your kind comments. I hesitated somewhat to share this, so getting your positive responses is pretty humbling.
...and a lot easier to do than shooting all that tedious video. Cheers!
COINage Magazine has printed an article of mine in its February issue. This article on South Korean coins discusses the most sought-after coins,...
Dipped? I don't know if I could tell from these pics if it was recently dipped. I like it. I'd keep it.
Unbelievably fresh and clean! You have a keen eye for nice, attractive coins. Good for you!
Yes, but how to avoid duplicate threads? I think that I was once guilty of this in the past, even after searching the site for the same topic to...
Do you know what company distributed these? I suspect it may have been the Caracas-based, and organized crime-linked outfit, Italcambio, owned...
Hmm. And around the legends at 12 and 6 o'clock, it looks like this "toning" is the remnants of some liquid that dried up. Almost like the...
Thanks for the info, Doug. I also wondered about the color and the fact that it has this "uniform" pinkish look to it. It also doesn't look...
Slippery eels like him ain't got no chance with meddlin' kids like you around nohow! [MEDIA]
Here's that same coin, but as a "toner." Not milky, but rainbow-ish. So, this coin, too, was once milky?...
In my research on these "5,000 Years of Korean History" 1970-dated South Korean silver commemorative coins, the only mintmark that any of them...
Struck at the German State Mint in Karlsruhe, under contract for Italcambio; the Caracas-based organized-crime linked commemorative world-coin...
"Haze.." From contact with plastic? Or is this just as mysterious as "milk spots"?
The surfaces on this silver proof coin are puzzling to me:...
I don't see "favorite links" anywhere. Could you please list the EXACT link names? This is always the hardest thing for me to do on eBay:...
Funny how I've always felt that, as a buyer, I mostly see garbage for selection and prices online, but more often seeing incredible coins and...
Use this: [ATTACH] ...and just know how Chinese-characters display two-digit numerals: "10 3" is "13 and "3 10" is 30 and "3 10 3" is "33" And...
Separate names with a comma.
