Try avoiding dealers who hype up alot, the honest ones who'll give you give coins at fair prices don't need to advertise "gold" or "silver"...
$2 ea? ouch. Usually for $2 you should be getting much better quality pieces.
I'm pretty sure in the past 10 years it's changed hands at least 3 times.
Though it's usually believed to be the shekel, we don't really know for sure.
I find it odd that the 5c is going to be a brass piece, usually not a good sign...
The person depicted if I remember correctly is the God of Longevity.
The one in the original post is from 1796-1820 or so. (emp. Chia Ching)
I don't recongize it. I hope you didn't pay more than .50 each
It's a modern "fantasy", made of some cheap metal alloy.
Yep, it's always nice to see the coins in question. Buying online is fine, but it can really take out the challenge of finding something to fill...
Your local dealer may not care for world coins, and may simply want to just discount them (in this case below melt) to get rid of them.
The Canadian 1911 $1 is an oddity as it's sale price has had quite a large high-low spread when you've looked at it's hammer price over the past...
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