Hello all, As I collect Kingdom of Italy coins, I have encountered the problem that surrounds the 1939 and 1940 stainless steel coins. Standard...
Wow, nice colletion there gxseries! I've got almost identical undertaking going on, though I'm into Soviet coins from 1921 until the fall of SU in...
In the Euro zone, some people have been using Thailand 10 Baht coins as 2 Euro coins fairly successfully. And it's no wonder, since they do look...
Whoops...my typo. Of course, it should be: F 30.00, VF 40.00 -JJ-
Mystery solved; one finnish coin enthusiast found it. This item is indeed a medal, listed in a book 'Unusual World Coins', here is a quote: -JJ-
I measured and weighed the coin, results: Diameter: 37.5mm Weight: 14.5g (approximately) -JJ-
I noticed the similarity too, but I also noticed that they are not exactly similar: KM A914 hasn't got the inscription going around the date and...
Aidan, I too believed that this would most likely be a medal. However, it has several same features as the coins of same era (the lion side for...
One more mystery coin has arised from the huge silver coin lot, that I'm searching through. This coin has arabic inscription on it, but I think...
GDJMSP, now that you mention it, I think you're right. The coin is actually fairly evenly worn down. Shoulders and upper torso of the two...
Aidan, you're right. That coin is from Galicia and Lodomeria; by that time (1775) it was part of Austro-Hungarian empire and stayed that way until...
Here is the coin in question, scanned: http://www2.lut.fi/~mruohone/1775.jpg -JJ-
Hi, I have obtained a nice 30 kreuzer Maria Theresien coin, from year 1775, with mintmark IC-FA. Today I'll try to scan this coin and post the...
Thank you, acanthite, for arranging this awesome contest, though I didn't win :D -JJ-
Wow, when you put it this way...I got your point now. -JJ-
Ok, then I'm doing something wrong maybe. Good thing that I have done this only to 'worthless' coins. But, if I'd like to do everything...
Answers sent via PM. -JJ-
Oceanian notes are worth bit more and I can understand more easily forgering them, but worthless Malayan notes, geez :D Anyway, I do collect...
Seems that there are several schools of thought concerning this cleaning issue. Some say that do not clean your coins at all, some will say that...
Thanks, Aidan, for the warning! Though I'm quite puzzled why make forgeries of these notes...I mean, these are virtually worthless, costing...
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