As a long time full & part time dealer, I've appraised quite a few US & world collections, either for purchase, on a hourly rate or as a favor for...
Here are 3 more. #1 is Louis XIIII of France but no date or denomination. #2 Spanish for sure (16th-17th Century my guess) but no...
All of us have a few oddballs we haven't been able to identify. I picked out about a dozen of mine and will post them here a few at a time. Any...
A nice "as struck" AU/Unc. piece with original toning. All of these types were struck over other crown-sized silver coins. This one was...
Here's a nice example of what "bag toning" looks like! Obverse is a bright MS60, reverse grades higher with beautiful original toning. This coin...
Nice EF example.
Nice examples of these key dates. Not as tough as their 1948 cousins but still pretty hard to find. Paid a little less than $50 for the pair a...
1 Pfenning,2 Pfenning and 10 Pfenning 1894 purchased in a big world coin lot in Springfield, MO when my wife & I were on a road trip in the early...
A really nice example of this type, EF+. The photo doesn't bring out the nice underlying luster around the legends on obverse & reverse. Stole...
Sine I rarely ever bought or sold any world coins pre 1700, I don't have a Krause world coin catalog covering the 1600-1700 period. I have two in...
Nice example of this type. The overdate is just a guess as what might be a 7 appears to the right and slightly above the last 8 of date....
I'm new to the board and am clueless about photo techniques for coins, although I've posted a few. I've had my wife do the photos for me, as she...
Pretty dramatic double strike on this oldie!
Nice north/south doubled mintmark. About 50% of second D visible.
Here's a nice one I picked up a few years ago at a good price.
What a wild time that was! At the time I had a full time job but worked nights and weekends for a rare coin company owned by one of my friends in...
There is a long time Coin World advertiser who has been offering "premium quality brilliant uncirculated" US Morgan dollars on a regular basis....
This lightweight brass copy of the general issue 20 Cash (Y5) was issued in the 1920's. It's a real laugher! The "C" in "Cash" is upside down &...
Ming rebel Sun Ko Wang coinage, a really nice example. The scratch marks on both sides are file adjustment marks done at the time of issue. I...
Here's a beautiful original example of a Korea 2 Mun coin (1742-1752), Seoul Charity Office mint. I've made several trips to Korea with my wife...
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