At first I thought you were kidding but it actually works. 1855 was the date I had come up with by taking the accession year and adding 16, but I...
Does anyone know where I can find a translation of the dates to the Western calendar? I can translate the numbers but I'm not sure I'm doing the...
I'm a big fan of these Portuguese coins. I feel like they are overlooked by a lot of collectors.
I put in a low bid on this lot on eBay and was surprised to win it. For $10 I feel like it was a great deal. I need to work on attributing the...
This one came today for my turtle collection. I couldn't find it in my Krause though I did find listings for similar coins with other animals....
Thanks Christian, very interesting to see what's out there. I also know there are a few other Swiss cantons that tend to have bear themes. St....
When I say "fantasy coins" what I mean is there are a lot of coins that are made by private companies and I assume are not under the auspices of...
All of a sudden everyone around here is getting one of these. I want one!
Thanks for the info. I feel like if there's a Krause entry then it's at least semi-respectable. There are so many fantasy coins for sale now for...
Yeah, I know that one stopped and the one in Chicago replaced it instead. A lot of people find the Chicago location more convenient but I live in...
I think that's something different. The Indian Ocean Territories I think is the island of Diego Garcia (near India) and perhaps others.
Would you consider coins from the British Indian Ocean Territory to be real coins or fantasy coins? I know they don't circulate and apparently...
Plus in this case it was paper money so it all was flat and weighed less than 1 ounce I'm sure. I expect people to charge a little more than cost...
Ebay charges sellers fees on the shipping too now so it doesn't make sense to do it to try to avoid fees. The other day I bought four pieces of...
Shoot. Was this in Schaumburg, IL again? I live really close to there and have been itching to buy some coins in person lately. I wish I could get...
A lot of countries have had aluminum coins at one time or another. They seem cheap but when they're in really nice condition they can be very...
Here's the last one I bid on....
No, not especially high grade. They seem to be more popular than the book would suggest. There's never too many for sale. Either they're way...
I've been trying to get one of those Barbados pennies for awhile and keep getting outbid.
Yesterday I got this 1943 Ecuador 5 sucres. It's a nice big silver coin. [ATTACH]
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