Over the last couple of years, and I have been a bit late to the party, I have come to really like the Caballito pesos. Mercifully a rather short...
OK, here is another, and sad it has to be photos and not "in hand" but what are we to do? I wish I had a bigger blowup but FYI the grade limiters...
OK, this coin was sold at London Coins auction about a week ago and is interesting (at least to me) as it appears to me a certain way from the...
This coin is not especially rare, although as readers know is frequently messed with, cleaned, scrubbed or abused. I actually like the mid-grade...
Here is an 1839 half sovereign, a coin I rather like. Let me apologize at the lack of photographic skills. See if you can figure out what is...
OK, this is a tricky one as the TPGs (ie NGC and PCGS) are "Variable" in grading the entire 1902 Matte proof series. Here is one for your...
This grade has REALLY gotten under my craw. I bought the set nearly 20 years ago from Spink and believe it to have come from the Pretoria Mint...
OK, don't bust me on this, but no pictures just yet as I am at work. What is the news? Well, just yesterday I got one of the "White Whales" that...
OK, I'm not trying to wear readers out but I have been collecting and studying currency (and proof) issues of the Franklin Mint from the 1970s and...
LOL. I got this today, a Bahamas 1976FM (M) matte uncirculated dollar coin that is fairly scarce at 600 minted. It was cheap and nice but sadly...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH]I recently got this at very close to melt. The seller thought it was a mishandled proof, but was obvious from the photo that it...
Ok, as readers know as a sidelight I have been collecting esp. uncirculated coins of the former British Caribbean colonies (Bahamas is considered...
I just won this last week at the DNW auction. It looked to be currency unc. from the auction pictures online but now that I have it in hand I am...
Ok, the Franklin Mint rode into the numismatic fray in the mid to later '60s as many know. They were around striking coins for different nations...
This is a coin that is IMO truly magnificent, although sadly the PCGS photos don't really do it justice as there are numerous die polishing marks....
OK, here is a recent purchase from ebay. I bought it based on the pictures showing an interesting coin that is NOT known in matte (M). Still...
I have a nearly complete collection of The Bahamas $2 Flamingoes in Unc. and Proof, excepting only the 1975-77 FM mattes and the Royal Mint issued...
Recently I was researching up the matte uncirculated issues of the Franklin Mint from the 1973-1977 period when I came up with one of those bits...
Just wanted to share pictures of a very rare set, or so it certainly seems. This is the only Matte (M) Barbados 1975 set that I have seen, mintage...
I go this coin, not long ago, the 1976FM Matte Uncirculated 10 Dollars. With Poseidon on the reverse a very pleasant looking coin with a mintage...
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