[ATTACH] check the date, date size, now check the weight. It may be bronze, and it is a Philadelphia mint, but not worth $1,495.00!! Below is the...
About 5 years ago, "Desert Gem" (I think it was he), soaked some coins in a solution to test how long it took to remove or reduce some verdigris....
Numista.com is a valuable site for world coin collectors (as most of you know). Having just purchased the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Herein I hope to post various types of homemade "verdigris" solutions. I begin with a post from a chemist; in 2016 on CoinTalk® (!?) Greg Clark...
First a 1000 Peso, 1988, aluminum bronze coin, weighing 15.07 grams, Ø 30.5 mm. About 26% off center. [ATTACH] Gary in Washington
I have seen two of these identical types of Ethiopian (25 Matonas) clash. [ATTACH] The good King has a lion's rear near his nose. No Paris mint...
I have been roll searching a few nickel rolls since 2009. Just finished my first box, 2000 coins - here are a few stats from this one box, the...
Do add to this thread, I realize that former threads present many World Coins, but beginning a new one is a bit more current. Seems to me there...
I bought this 1943 5 Centavos, years ago. I was caught by the nice display of colors. It is brass, and is well circulated. 21 mm diameter. Weighs...
1991, 10 Bolivianos. .925 silver. 27 grams. Mintage 50,000. About 38 mm. Proof. Commemorative. [ATTACH] NOTE: I did not take this photo, but I...
Most commemoratives have a value minted into the "coin". For example the 2005 Marine Corps 230th Anniversary, it has a face value of one dollar....
So far I like the program, Photoscape, and it is free - Windows XP on up. Its filter "reflection" is a real time-saver. Gary in Washington
Along with the late J. T. Stanton, I find some great values in MS circulation US coins, MODERN coins. From 1966 to present. I am not referring to...
I usually mark copyright on my images (flowers and coins et cetera). I got to wondering, what happens to all of the 1,000's of images posted here...
This little coin is 15 mm in diameter, 0.900 silver, a 1/2 dinero dated 1906. On the obverse, the bottom tip of the shield (seen on the reverse)...
After seeing many of the photos here on Coin Talk, I thought I would ask how many folks are using light (aka Photo tent or box) boxes? They can be...
I am quite familiar with most "die flow" types. And I suspect this is one. But, this nice well struck quarter demonstrates no die flow lines, or...
As mentioned earlier in another post, bargains for shoppers of World coins can be found (quite easily). For example I just purchased off EBAY this...
I was asked to post this information on the 1974 Lincoln cents. First off, Lange in his work on the Lincoln cents, noted the large and small...
Just reread Jeff Garrett's article in the 5th editon of the Mega Red. He mentions several reasons why the coin market seems stagnant. (1) aging...
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