That's some pretty good machine doubling. Definitely not an RPM
I don't know what Zeno is... but if it was cast in Fes, it would say Fes. Not Za. Not sure who told you that, but tell them to check their...
Yeah, it is often hard to see with a straight on image like that. This is one of the rare cases where you really do want to angle the coin a bit...
Basically think about it like this - a pair of dies strikes a coin. Instead of being ejected, the coin sticks to one of the dies. Now, a new...
Yes, it does appear to be a 1 Falus minted at Za. (I initially thought it might be 1233, but that doesn't match anything listed in Krause). Krause...
I'm not sure what you have, but it does not look like a genuine cloth-struck coin. This is what it should look like: [ATTACH]
What a fantastic giveaway contest. Count me in!
I went straight 55, but it may have been cleaned. Hard to distinguish between circulation marks, die polish, and cleaning in those pictures. Would...
The best thing to have is what you specialize in. When I go to a coin show and I see a specialized dealer... those are the guys I want to talk to.
I think a keelboat counts as a sailboat. NGC MS-65PL (the 65 is generous, I agree) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm going to sort-of break your rules and also kinda not ;) St. Pierre and Miquelon - owned by France, off the coast of Canada. Bonus here is, you...
I have never heard a good explanation for the unique stripey toning of these coins: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes. It is fairly common on certain dates. Larry's example is a nice one, but it can get even more extreme than that.
I've always wanted a gold daric. They are so expensive! Maybe a hoard discovery will bring the prices down? Here's my silver: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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It isn't letting me upload files right now. Guess there's still a couple of kinks in the system.
That is a really handy chart. I'd say you've cracked the code with the Taiwan piece.
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