Here is a photo of what looks to be a coin in a similar die state (judging from the eyebrows). It is from an auction site, so I can't do anything...
I don't quite know what to think of this. The coin is a 1978 10 Pesos from Mexico. Is it possible that someone at the mint was messing around...
No, these were from separate groups.
Sear isn't much help with this. From what I could find online, this countermark is associated with Tiberius Claudius Augustus (41-54 A.D.). The...
That would explain why I couldn't match it with anything in Sear.
I am pretty much a rank amateur when it comes to ancients. This coin is about 17 mm in diameter and the obverse seems to match the description...
Looks like it was hit by something with a reeded edge, such as a dime or quarter.
I picked this up in a coin shop in Kathmandu about 30 years ago. In looking through some of the old posts, I saw reference to this coin, but no...
31.1 grams per Troy ounce.
I think I'd dig 4 feet for that one. Looks like a hit on the chin. What do you use to clean your finds?
I'm just holding my digital camera to the eyepiece of a microscope (10x or 30 x magnification).
Sorry I messed up the date. I think it would have to be a Chinese-made one.
1958D Lincoln Cent Gouges? When I first saw these, I thought they might be clashes from indentations in the wheat ears on the reverse, but the...
This has probably been addressed before, but I am new here and wouldn't know what to search for. I have seen this phenomenon on coins from...
Rusted dies?
If you are working with a source, such as Krause, that gives the Actual Gold or Silver Weight (AGW or ASW), then it is just the ASW X Spot to give...
The most recent K&M Catalog that I have is 2005 and it lists this 5 paisa at $3.00 in VF.
Bikanir (that is what it says on the reverse between 1 and 3 o'clock) India Native States 1 Rupee Silver Dated SE1994, which translates to 1916....
I posted this in the error forum and it was suggested that I post it here: The first two photos are of a 1978 Yugoslavia 10 Dinara coin with a...
Possible. Whatever it was, it was small. The coin is about the size of a U.S. dime.
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