Have a great time, but don't expect to find many bargains - in my experience, prices in Japan are generally higher than they are here.
Sorry, but with dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of private companies that produce medals, there is no way to identify or evaluate one from just a...
Based on the description of course materials, the ANA apparently defines numismatics as the study of United States coinage. :mad:
Welcome to the forum, and to the hobby BDT13. You've gotten some very good advice, but please allow me to put in a plug for world coin...
Another possibility that was raised on a different forum is die polishing. It's nearly impossible to tell in a two-dimensional picture whether...
Braggart :D
The denomination side of both coins has a distinct 19th Century look and feel, but the other sides don't resemble anything found in the India...
Unless someone types faster than I do, this is thread #1,000 on the main coin forum. :D
Too late - the $10 is here already: [IMG]
I'll be darned - I just looked at the faceplates of my 2003 Red Book and my 1972 Blue Book and discovered that I had their contents reversed in my...
Amen brother!
What am I missing here? Wouldn't the "retail" prices in the Blue Book be even more misleading to someone trying to value "grandpa's kolectshun".
Historically the most important coin in my collection is a silver Meiji 3 (1870) Japanese silver 50 sen, Y#4. It is one of the original modern...
In an acceptable grade, at a price you can afford :p I've "found" a lot of coins that I still don't have, either because of condition or price. :(
I agree, but the markings are still curious, and a little distracting. I don't think so, because of the way they start and stop at design elements.
I don't get it.[IMG] The fields, especially behind Liberty's head, and between words of the legend, show unmistakeable signs of a very harsh...
Queen Isabella on the 1893 commemorative quarter? Sen. Carter Glass, on the 1936 Lynchburg, VA Sesquicentennial commemorative (against his express...
My 2003 Red Book lists a 2001 D&P American Buffalo Commemorative without a picture! If that's the right answer, how about someone posting a...
There don't seem to be many (if any) metal detection fans on this forum, but some of the detection forums listed here seem to deal with that...
Was any U.S. coin struck with the mintmark on the edge?
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