It sounds like they got their idea from an episode of the Bullwinkle Show, in which the editor of the local newspaper in Frostbite Falls,...
The coin dealers over here tell me that they have to pay a 5% Japanese tax on coins that they personally bring back from the US, but I haven't had...
Well, it might have been worth sending in to a TPG at one time, but if it was rubbed hard enough to physically remove tarnish/toning/oxidation,...
For clarification-- your half dollar was from a *Proof set*, not a *Mint set*. A 1961 Mint set would have contained regular business strikes of...
Of course, the "8R" at 9 o'clock is a dead giveaway it's fake-- 8 reales = silver.
Here's an English-language site for you http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/roberts/coins/Yonmonkanei.html
I am an American collector living in Japan. I've never had a problem buying American coins in the US and taking them back with me to Japan.
It's a 4-mon coin (Bunkyu Eiho) that was minted in Japan from 1862 to 1869. Total mintage (with several varieties): 890 million....
なぜなら、コイン・トークは国際的になったぞ！
The coin that looks gold is actually patterned after a silver 8 reales coin (see the "8R" at 9:00 on that coin).
You can attach a picture/image straight from your computer to a message by clicking "Go Advanced " at the bottom right of the message box, then...
If you show me some good high resolution pictures of your coin, I should be able to compare it with genuine items :)
I'm looking at it. But the coin in the OP is SILVER (colored), and a ducat is GOLD. So to me, and the author of that article I've cited, it's a...
Well, I for one would be interested in seeing what you have :) By the way, all but 10 or so of the Mercs in my album (only missing the 16-D) were...
OK, here is a Japanese web site showing what the author describes as copies of cash coins (presumably the second coin in each group)...
Yes, they're all fakes-- even the 1883-0 dollar
If it's fake, it could be one of the cast copies that were made in the Tohoku (Northeast) region of Japan at various times.
Here's an excerpt from a Coin Talk discussion from 7 years ago: 'Some time ago a correspondent to the 'Australian Coin Review' (now incorporated...
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1943-D, also FSB
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