Schjoth was pretty hard to fool. If he listed it, it's probably real. The quality of the casting is pretty typical of both real and fake Qing coins.
And Barry Goldwater would have been President if he hadn't lost the election.
This one should really should have been sent to SGS to get the MS70 slab it so richly deserves. [IMG]
Round pieces of metal with a design on one or both sides may be coins, tokens, medals or medallions."Coins" are government-issued pieces of money,...
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Sorry guys - I just can't get excited about whether the tarnish on a coin is deliberate or accidental.
Egypt, 1968 silver £1 Aswan Dam commemorative.
When I was a kid in pre-WWII America, it was considered great fun to rub mercury on a dime and bring out that kind of shine. (Obviously we didn't...
A real bonanza for anyone who breaks in!
That site will read the Islamic date in so-called arabic numerals. This one will convert the AH date to its western equivalent. Just enter 1/1...
Most people are aware of the ¥100 and ¥1000 silver Japanese coins commemorating the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and perhaps the ¥100 commemorating the...
How many times do you have to ask the same question?
When did the obverse move from the front to the back?????
Maybe they sold more than two weeks before your last search?
Well obviously the buyer identified in the feedback as "jctddkj" didn't! What kind of idiot makes over 50 purchases from the same seller on the...
It's always great to have these detailed explanations in order to further our education.
The true issue date of the Spanish peseta with the frozen 1975 date (KM#806, al-bronze) is actually 1976-80. The real date is incuse in the tiny...
Egypt, KM#622.1, 1984CE/1404AH, 5 Piastres, aluminum-bronze one year issue, unknown mintage but quite common. In the 2008 35th Ed. Krause it's...
Your link requires a membership signup, which I'm not about to do. http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t8566/ The most common reason for upload...
Well, I'm really upset with my granddaughter. How dare she schedule her wedding in Texas to conflict with the year's biggest coin show being held...
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