Here are two Japanese 5 Yen coins, year 33 (1957), the big key date of the series. These coins are being sold by two different stores online....
This one comes up often at online auction sites. It's a South Korean 10,000 Won 1988 Olympics commemorative featuring the Archery (양궁) event. It...
Here is a South Korean 100 Won coin. It's "graded" at MS66. If these images suffice, would the surfaces of this coin set off any counterfeit...
I've seen a posting by a member of the Oriental Numismatic Society (U.K.) who mentioned a dealer of Chinese numismatics as "the most reliable...
Here are specimen examples of the 1984-issued "500 Years of the Catholic Church in Korea" ( 천주교전래 200주년 기념주화 ) 1,000 Won and 10,000 Won coins....
I wonder what others might think is an appropriate number of coins for an Olympic commemorative set, and what would be an appropriate mintage...
I know someone here at CT recently posted about a coin he submitted that a TPG refused to make a judgement on. The TPG was suspicious about the...
South Korea provided the second largest contingent of foreign soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War on the side of South Vietnam. Military Payment...
Nice idea, if not a totally original one. If it could incorporate "airtight" pages so that environmental air and moisture could be kept at bay,...
Check out this "board type" year set. It features "direct-fit" coin capsules inserted into hard boards that are stored together in a...
Should I break out these coins from their original Mint blister packs and place them into Third Party Graded (TPG) holders? Inside the original...
Coin Talk member, gxseries, was kind enough to put some images of a few of my key date coins into a virtual South Korean coin album! Thank you,...
I saw this neat book on tokens at Amazon for those of you interested in tokens (transportation, gaming, brothels): [ATTACH] It says this about Bus...
...Said the guy who harshly cleaned this perfectly good coin with a rare "specimen" counter stamp. I hate when this happens. [ATTACH] It...
[ATTACH] I understand that NGC offers a service called Variety Plus. Their website describes this service: "Upon request, NGC examines coins for...
The first official Bank of Korea mint sets were released in 1982. These sets have been produced every year since, with the exception of a...
The article reminds me of our recent conversation about how "some kinds of wear" are acceptable on Mint State coins... (say the TPGs)....
I really like these Japanese annular-coin errors. Wonder what they do with the "holes"? Donut shops can at least sell theirs. [ATTACH]...
Way cool! Check this:...
Anyone here going? It's next week, April 14-17. It is a show dedicated to World/Ancient coins. I will try. I will for sure be at the Cental...
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