WoW! Absolutely amazing design! Who cares about the grade? Just joking - I'm in the XF - AU camp, but leaning more towards XF.
Bust halves are fantastic. They're thick, juicy, old and affordable. How can you lose? The OP's coin looks perfectly nice and provides a decent...
^What he said. :D
Yes, I can see it now, 昭和六年 or Showa 6, as already stated. One more thing, dates (and all text) on Japanese coins appeared from right to left...
The Beast Coins are fabulous. I wish I had them all in gold and silver (I only have 1 in silver). I have noticed a trend with series. Once the...
Yes, they are definitely Japanese. The other giveaway are the Kanji "大日本" ("Dai Ni Hone") which means "Great Japan" or "Empire of Japan," the name...
Those are some extremely nice examples of Anglo-Saxon coins. For their condition, they would probably sell for a nifty amount, depending on your...
Hartill's book was meant to be a long overdue update of the Munro book. In his book, Hartill claims that Munro's book has some things in it that...
This is not only the final year of Heisei, it's the transition year for Reiwa, the new era. My guess is that when the Reiwa coins come out, they...
I did write a long-ish review of Hartill's book on Amazon, which does go into some detail, but if you even have a smidgen of interest in early...
The chart above is also in the Hartill book mentioned earlier, along with a lot of other charts and information. For pre-modern Japanese coins,...
I'm not trying to fault him for not talking about his WWII service, I completely understand why he wouldn't, especially considering his station....
My grandfather was too young for WWI and too old for WWII, so he saw no action. But I do have a Great Uncle who served as a Staff Sergeant in the...
It appears to match this one. Here is the text from the French site comptoir des monnaies: Louis XIV, Chambre du Trésor Royal, Jeton, Feuardent...
I don't think I've ever purchased a numismatic item in hopes of future fortune. The odds seem pretty slim on a big jackpot for anything clad. Come...
Isn't the Filet-o-fish made mostly with cod? I thought I read that somewhere.
What can anyone buy with a cent these days??! I'm guessing it was in a pile of change. Such are the risks of gifting coins. Not everyone wants...
Interesting thread. I had similar experiences in my own area. Three monthly shows occur with such regularity - I wish my body had such regularity...
The Hartill book is called "Early Japanese Coins" and serves as the only really decent recent English reference for pre-Meiji Japanese coins. It's...
The first one is no Japanese piece that I'm aware of, but the other two look like pre-Meiji pieces, meaning that they were probably created before...
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