The "Le Grand" Mint in, I believe, Germany has been striking a huge number of coins authorized by Cameroon. How they chose an Hindu goddess I...
Not quite sure as there were some other mints involved. If you look at Krause 2020 the 20 centimos and the One Peso in 1975 they were struck at...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] FYI: you can still find some things on eBay. I recently got this 6 coin set that is mostly matte (FM) issues and then a...
That was a 2008 thread so no this was not a new addition. General thoughts on the 1902 sets/coins was as stated previously.
It was stated at that time (2008 and before) that the dies were blasted when at least with the post-1902 issues it was the struck planchets that...
I guess what was interesting is that the coin came with the set and virtually untouched for 40 years. The bronze was minimally toned but also no...
So this coin ended up graded Proof 61 Matte at PCGS. Must say I was a bit shocked by that and entirely disagree.....
Interesting points - actually there seems to be a variance in these mattes and have been fortunate to see pretty much all of them save the Edward...
The interesting thing is that from the records I have it was the proof coins that were blasted with whatever medium and not the dies. Steve Hill...
I don't especially want to give away my own bias, but this is a coin that has me wondering about the TPGs - and not because it is my coin. Do they...
Yikes, at some point might want to be on the selling end... I have a couple of updated but still very poor pictures of the OP coin: [ATTACH]...
Well, not entirely excusing it, but FDR (IMHO one of the greatest USA presidents ever!!) got us out of the Great Depression AND WW II by use of...
No those are not from the FM. Panzerman, you are absolutely amazing with the gold collection there Sir!
Generally good points but for 1976 as you said, there were proof sets but no uncirculated coins available. The FM made a very few proof like...
This coin from 1976 is FM and struck in matte uncirculated quality. It has been 10 years that the first was found, and no others. The Mintage as...
Wow, you all are in the other end of the pool! Yikes. Used to be a "player" but now on the sidelines (mostly).
Unbelievable purchase off eBay a couple of years ago. The 1848/7 overdate seems to show up more frequently. I like this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, I totally agree. However the 1982 and 1983 Costa Rica 250 colones have been on the rise for at least 5 years and just go higher and higher. I...
Wow, was I ever impressed when the bidding for this hit USD 3150 the other night and this for a silver proof of the maligned Franklin Mint (BTW, I...
OK, I recently got two coins and gave them just a bit of treatment. They are off eBay. The first is a halfcrown that I got in the hopes that it...
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