It's OK. I only scratched the edge, not the face
Last summer I bought a Mexican 5 peso coin with the face of an Aztec king on one side, and an eagle on the other. I don't have a weighing scales,...
Old pennies are sometimes engraved with a person's initials as a love token. One of mine bears the surname Buchanan
[IMG] Another coin I recently acquired is a silver 5 Francs (similar to this one) dated 1876. As with all the coins in my collection, it's been...
He's a fool. Without precious metals to back it up, money is just worthless paper.
Looks like a forgery
[IMG] I own many Russian, German and Austrian coins, but the best one is a 1780 Thaler similar to this one
Yesterday I acquired two silver Morgan dollars (1884 and 1901). They've been circulated, but were in better condition than the other coins the...
I have a Charles II half-penny similar to this one: [IMG]
I understand the Maria Teresa coins are still used as currency in Africa and the Middle East. Mine has seen some use as there are many marks and...
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This morning i acquired a few more American coins: a 1976 centenary dollar and two large cents dated 1838 and 1853 (both with a hole drilled in...
Reichspfennigs can be cheap as they are often dug up on Eastern Front battlefields and sold on the collector's market. I have two: 5 pfennigs from...
The Morgan Dollar (sadly i don't own one of these yet)
I'd post my Charles II half-penny, but i don't have a scanner and my camera isn't very good for closeups
I acquired a few more German coins yesterday: one in copper bearing the initials of Wilhelm I, a silver coin dated 1874, a nickel coin dated 1913,...
I've currently got a silver 5 pfennig (1899), copper 2 pfennig (1874) and two Nazi coins (1940 and 1941)
I've got the same coin, but for some reason the seller polished it and stripped away all the patina
Personally, i prefer coins with a patina
Could they be from Hong Kong when it was under British rule? My Chinese coins all have square holes in the middle
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