I'm questioning the marketing angle here o_O http://minted-uk.com/product/trapped-2019-cook-islands-1oz-silver-coin/
Just popping in from the modern coins section to share this really cool chart of sorts. Via reddit. Expandable image link:...
I was recently looking for rubber-tipped tweezers and came across this...
A few years ago a made the dedicated choice to collect and study contemporary circulating counterfeits. While there has been some literature on...
Took a gamble on a coin presented with very blurry photos and described as an 1830 Bolivia 4 soles. I couldn't make out much, but had a feeling...
A rather interesting typo variety where the date 1726 was set as 1276. Misplacement of letters is common on early coins from many regions due to...
I picked up my first of such coins just recently, it was among a group of more modern world silver. As I don't own any relevant reference material...
This was a good week of hunting down contemporary circulating counterfeits with two new pickups. First: 1829 Zs 8 reales. Silvered base metal...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1793-SILVER-COIN-CAROLUS-IIII-DEI-GRATIA-SILVER-MEXICAN-/232710602819?hash=item362ea20043%3Ag%3AIf8AAOSwjI5auDXC&nma=true&...
Scan distortion, but I wonder how some people would view this. [ATTACH]
Note: This is cross-posted on three numismatic forums. 501 lots of modern Chinese "flea market" fakes (so-called because you find them at just...
Hey guys, Being very much a newbie with medieval coins, I need some knowledgeable help in attributing these two. What I know so far is Seljuqs of...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BULLET-EMBEDDED-IN-1897-ONE-PENNY-COIN-WORLD-WAR-I-VINTAGE-ITEM-STRANGE-UNUSUAL/312039504710?hash=item48a700fb46:g:gjgAAOS...
I have always felt a particular interest and curiosity towards the 1915-1918 series of coins made during the German occupation of Ghent, Belgium....
Picked up a pair of these "love tokens" inscribed on German Empire coins. As is often the case, the straight technical translation from Google...
When, after a week straight of watching owl videos on Youtube, I saw this charming little number in @lordmarcovan 's BST posting (his photography...
Been a while since I picked up an error coin of significance :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Next time you feel like bragging about that super rare or low mintage coin of yours, remember the 1909E German mark. It has such a low mintage...
This is the first example of a Hermosillo mint 1/2 real that I have ever seen in person. It unfortunately appears to have been cleaned with silver...
Since they do the cheaper method of just changing the date rather than making new hubs/molds for each one, you can see some common markers across...
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