MS-62 By the way, I really like the large, high-resolution photos :)
The color in the photos of the 1896 IHC looks good to me. I don't know why it would be "questionable", unless it looks "too new".
Thanks, Green! I got kind of burned out for a while, for a variety of reasons, and didn't feel like posting much of anything. But I am glad that I...
According to this web site, none of the coins the US minted for Colombia carry a mintmark:...
It looks like I was wrong about the mintmark thing-- it's an indication of where the coin was minted, but apparently it's actually the issuing...
The coin was actually issued in China, but massive amounts ended up in Japan. I don't know about that particular Mint (they were apparently made...
Here's one of the very few US coins to feature a living person-- the Alabama centennial commemorative, which depicts the man who was governor when...
If your coin is real, it dates from 1736 and was issued in the first year of Hongli, the Abkai Wehiyehe, or Qiánlóng, emperor of the Qing Dynasty....
I can understand how you feel. Many of the coins in your group that I first bought or received were also culls. They included a holed 1903 Indian...
I don't know if this is my favorite, but it is one of the few overdates in my collection. 1819/8 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
At this enlargement, it looks more like an S than a D [ATTACH]
I got this the other day at a Tokyo coin show. It doesn't show up so well, but this Sesquicentennial half has some light golden toning....
Here's something I got in change today-- a 1993 Japanese 50-yen proof coin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I get the feeling that quite a few sellers on that site don't know much about coins. For example, there was a half dime shown with its grade...
Never, ever wipe a collector coin.
But he's throwing in some old stock certificates, so don't bust his jewels on what is there, OK? :p
If your roommate is from Mainland China, then that might explain it since the old dating system was abolished after the Communists took control in...
Actually, the note is from 1949. The Chinese year is 38, but you have to add 1911 to that to get the Western year....
Here's a 1941 I picked up the other day which has rainbow toning, particularly on the reverse[ATTACH] [ATTACH] .
Those chocolate brown cents are particularly nice :)
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