I use several of these (metal, no plastic, and it has a silicone seal to keep out moisture): [ATTACH] Here's a description: U.S. Military Surplus...
The Krause Publications SCWC's (39th Ed.) quotes the price for the 1999 S. Korean 5 Won coin at 30 cents. I paid about $200 for one in a mint...
I find I have to "rename" my images sometimes to allow them to upload, even if file size is not an issue. It'll come up with "extension does not...
Natural oxidation?
Nice find... but wait, it says "gift token" so isn't wasn't a token that you'd use in a worshing machine, is it? It was probably a promotional token?
How does this happen? Some kiddie raided grandpa's coin collection and bought candy with it? My sister did that with my bro's Kennedy half...
No, no no. See, that's not how conspiracy theories work, okay? This is how it works: We (the conspiracy theorists) zoom in on our flying...
Watch it. If you're denying the claim, then it's got to be true.
In a recent search on Korean coins (my obsession), I found this 1990s urban legend, direct from the land of conspiracy theories: South Korea. I...
I think it's Meiji Year 26. It says, from the twelve o'clock to four o'clock positions in this photo (read it right to left, like Arabic):...
When a coin shop looks like this, inside and out, I KNOW it's a going to be a damn good place to visit. All the good coin shops that I've...
Perhaps (us) beginners need a "Beginner's Link"... If it was an easily-accessed link below "The Coin Show Radio" link on the right side of our...
These are estimates, for sure. But I wish non-USA coin collectors, like me, had access to "survival estimates" of the coins we collect. There...
Yeah, original language searches can yield impressive results (after all, those medals are from the PARIS mint). Especially in countries (like...
Try using these search terms at google: differént monnaie de Paris "corne d'abondance" I found the following at the top of the results page:...
I've tried to find the date ranges for that mark, too, but with no luck. Has someone tried searching in French? Use search terms like,...
The image of the Monnaie de Paris' cornucopia is often unrecognizable, as some commenters have noted. In my research on the 1970-release of South...
Congratulations on your win. And giving out free stuff is way nice of torontokuba.
I wouldn't try going swimming with a pocketful of those... That is one sweet coin... I am a sucker for "thick" coins.
I call it a "link" (at least in my Minnesota-English), short for "hyperlink". But "hyperlink" is sooo 1999, so don't use that word when using...
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