I agree. Coins with a story are infinitely more interesting then those without.
The nicest of the (6) verities in my collection, the 1927 No Stars. The single star variety is far and away the most difficult to locate, the 1926...
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Another one from Mark Teller, this one Albanian. Much more difficult to find the Star variety in brilliant uncirculated, for some reason they...
From the case of Mark Teller at the recent Long Beach show. I went to put it in my spreadsheet, and noticed another coin, the 1938 Egypt 20...
Ouch(!) Well I guess what goes around comes around.
Used have one too, mine was harshly cleaned and I sold it on eBay many years ago. There's a nice one on eBay right now, AU58, but I can't quite...
Here's the other three in the set. Nice, but not as nice as the 8 Peso. These have more typical frost and luster. I also have a complete set of...
Yep, this one PL too. Much more so than the 5, 10 or 20 Peso with higher mintages. I would suppose nearly all the coins struck were PL given the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I had the 1926 Guatemala 1/4 and 1/2 Quetzal in MS63 & MS62 and sold them a few years ago. The 1/2 Quetzal in particular was a...
From James Ricks at Atlas Numismatic. The very elusive 1864-R Guatemala 8 Pesos. Mintage of 474, with maybe 30 or 40 known survivors. AU58:...
Hard to say, the 1885-CC is a better date. If you thought they might have a shot at PL or DMPL then it would be worth the trouble, otherwise I'm...
Ember...,, Primitive (2002) version of Bitcoin? Year 2040: "What was that Bitcoin thing all about anyway??"
Looks newer than 14th century, but what do I know. None of his silver have legends, at least of those currently displayed on Coin Archives.
Slightly lower mintage than the 25,000 Lei but seen much more frequently for some reason.
$100 just for the cert? Can you imagine what someone in 1975 would have said if you told him that someday, the certificate alone would be worth...
Is anyone familiar with the GSA program related to Carson City dollars who can answer this question? Someone has told me the serial number of the...
That's Evelyn Nesbit for anyone wondering who is depicted.
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Not a chance I would have recognized that on my own, but you're right, for-sure an elephant. Interesting story, the Sunga Kingdom, especially...
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