Chopmark Collectors Club If you're interested in chopmarks you should join the CCC - the chopmark collectors club. I'm the editor of the club's...
Ripley, Could you send me an email at: chopmarknews@gmail.com I'll send you a copy of our latest edition.
After a long hiatus, the Chopmark Collectors Club's journal Chopmark News is being published again. If you are interested in this fascinating...
Too bad It's too bad but it doesn't matter if the buyer has no previous buys. You can always use a sniper software. Try gixen.com It's free and...
It's a fake The condition gives it away, it's a replica.
You should not use Krausse for estimates of values for coins valued at over $100. For some coins, prices are for entertainment only. Use auction...
Any country with a growing population, high economic growth and large numbers of people leaving poorly paid agricultural work for middle-class...
Fake! The 'look' is all wrong, the wreath on the reverse is too small and there is no listing in Kann of a Kansu dollar with the L. Giorgi [the...
Coinman1974, I checked on the link you provided and there is a show listed - at Sam's Town [a hotel]. I contacted Sam's Town and they say they...
I haven't been in the US for several years but by chance will be in Las Vegas in mid-August this year. Does anyone know if there are any Scheduled...
Excellent posts! In general I agree you should avoid eBay as a source of T$ - unless you are very confident of the seller. Positive feedback means...
I checked with Resplandores, the Bible of the Cap and Rays 8R series and there is no Mexico City mint with M.L for that date. It's likely a fake....
$10 = 2,500 Yen! That was quite a while ago.
Fascinating attached article. I collect chopmarked coins, many of which are the Mexican 8R. Kann mentioned that chopping stopped around 1930 so,...
Here's another counterstamp I can't find. On the reverse at about 1:00 on the corner of the shield there's a chop that looks like the Japanese...
Yes, I've been in contact with the seller having purchased some of his other chopmarked coins, but he too is in the dark over this counterstamp.
I specialize in chopmarked coins but I've never seen this before. Has anyone else?
Many chopmarks are not Chinese characters. Some are symbols, numbers, Roman letters, etc. so you have to judge chopmarks as not only Chinese...
Actually, I'm from Canada but have lived in Taiwan 17 years. Chopmarks are my specialty. I haven't seen that particular chop that I can recall but...
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