It is supposed to contain about 3/4 oz of silver, which currently should be worth about $10 melted. So, selling it for $1 would be slightly weird....
Well, these are "new year tokens". The Greek words in loose translation mean "Souvenir from the New Year Pie" and the year is, I guess... 2003...
The smaller one is almost certainly a Muhammad Shah (1719-1748) silver rupee. Worth some 10-20 dollars.
Yeah, after browsing the recommended site I compared the sizes and scripts; I concluded it must be the older (Norther Sung) coin. I wish I can...
Thank you, a very nice site! Even if I do not find what I need there, I'll certainly learn a lot! Notoco.
Hi, I have a chinese cash coin inscribed 'Tai Ping Tung Pao'. There were two issues of this kind: one of Northern Sung dynasty, and one of Tai...
DeOrc, this looks very much like a coin I investigated here:...
I was looking at the PGCS priceguide and I have noticed that they list only double eagles 1922 and 1922-S. They say no mintmark for Philadelpha....
It seems to be a coin of a swedish monarch Hans the 3rd (1568-1592AD) In latin it would be Johannes 3 Dei Gratia Svecie Rex. The other side says...
The first one seems to be Turkish 20 para from AH1327 (1909), KM# 761
You may want to try to sell it at bulliondirect.com - they offer decent prices (if not quite straightforward procedure :) I have bought from...
Both are Japanese coins: left is 5 yen made after 1959 (date is on the other side) and the other is also 5 yen (most probably, although it is...
Well, on the side with the face it is written: "God save our ruler Nikolai", on the other side as far as I can make it: "To commemorate [...]...
Solved Not strange I didn't find it in Krause -- too old. After quite extensive research (Internet rules!) I can present the description of this...
The coin in question seems to be silver, about 12 mm diameter. It has look and feel of an Indian state coin, or perhaps Afghanistan, or...
This coin auction befuddles me. The seller couldn't possibly think he could actually sell it. So why did he go through the trouble and expense of...
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Yes, the last coin on the rickcoinstop page described as 1957 (32 Showa) is 23 year of Hirohito (Showa), or 1948 if I count correctly.
Yes, they did reverse it. I was scratching my head some time ago when I saw a coin from the 93nd year of Hirohito (Showa)... That would make it...
Well, this is a commemorative Canadian coin, KM#40a. It is actually made of chrome plated steel, not nickel as usual. In the best case it is worth...
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