I recall quite a few years ago reading that building work in India uncovered a large hoard of fanams, and although the Indian government should...
"I've read stories about people dying because they couldn't afford to get more insulin before payday" Think of it as evolution in action.
As late as 1911, the Channel Island of Geurnsey was still using the double as a denomination for coins, 8 doubles was the equivalent of a British...
he wasn’t interested as he said I would be wasting his time as they are very rare Way to miss a lucky buy. I cannot imagine any coin dealer is...
Effectively, the value is nothing. Small face value, probably been demonitised,so no exchange value and too worn for collecting.
I'd be starting with the presumption that ALL ARE FAKE, made in China I have been caught myself by the idea that just because you have gone to a...
I am pretty sure I have a bag full of BU examples in the shed. Still waiting for them to have some noticeable value..................
Haggle Offer what you think is reasonable and stick to it. Antique shops often overprice because they expect the customer to want something off....
It is a bit like collecting slightly misprinted cereal boxes.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=charles+dickens+2+pound+coin&_sacat=11116&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1 THe Dickens 2 pound coin is...
British colletctors have no real interest in errors you need a microscope to see. US collectors are the error mad people and they have little or...
Do people in trailer parks often buy $100000 in gold coins. There does seem to be plenty for any investigator to get their teeth into here. The...
It is not genuine, it may be gold plated. George V was king in the early 1900s, not 1750, and the George and Dragon design was adopted in 1820 or...
Polymer (plastic) notes are horrible. We have them in England for £5 and £10 and they really do not feel like money. Younger people may disagree...
The holder is wrong. It should read 1 1/2 d. The use of p for pence only relates to decimal new pence introduced in 1970.
What is a newp?
By removing the outermost copper atoms you also remove the corrosion that is chemically attached to them.
Many years ago, and certainly up to the 1960s, it was a practice of British bank's foreign exchange departments to have a book of all the current...
The blue 100 mark note is a design originated in the late 19th C, when it worth serious money at the time. Therefore the design and printing...
The sentiments appear to make it the first 'sovereign citizen' themed token or round that I have seen. Part of the sov-cit woo is that you are all...
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