I guess the real reason is that there is no real need to do so. The last time metal composition was changed was when silver and copper prices went...
Normally Australia is not home to counterfeits and auction houses stand by their words. Unfortunately counterfeiters will hit anywhere where they...
Unless the price of nickel and or copper shoots up drastically or counterfeits start to appear in mass volume - there's no real incentive to...
I've updated some of the type sets - haven't updated it for a few years. Latest highlights are these: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Note that there are...
I guess it comes down to what you want to do. If it is for resale purpose, sending it to TPG will be quite expensive and for the grade that you...
It looks like copper washed / plated. What is the weight of it?
And on the topic of Korean error coins - this is hard to find as well [img]
Here's some Japanese error coins from my collection [img] [img] [img] I guess the easiest error coins to find is rotation error. That said, I...
Can't speak for other coins but the 1922 ruble is not genuine as well. This if genuine is a few hundred dollar coin. In the last couple of...
They got busted for halving nuts... and they became half nuts being busted...
Very interesting - would like to see a photo of this overstruck coin as well.
Russian coin is definitely fake. There has been a flood of such counterfeits coming out from Eastern Europe within the last 5 years. Compare it...
It's already there - the Chinese would buy anything from arts to real estates. Numismatics is not an exception.
Not the first time the thread has been posted about Belarussian coins. In fact the news was released last year...
Just a couple of things - the counterstamp on this example is on the left, which means that this was struck in Osaka mint. This is far more common...
Someone tried to declare war on it - turns out peace won over on the other side.
mlov - what is your experience in seeing South Korean error coins? The only time I remember seeing one is a UNC 5 won coin struck off center as...
Conder101 - that's new information! Can you provide any examples if possible? Very intrigued
58 dollars is plain outrageous! I don't live in the US and hence do not know how it works. I'm certain that if you document that it is not...
Do you have any specific coinage in mind?
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