Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 3127759, member: 16729&quot;]I could look up the average wage in the 60s, but there&#039;s no need:&nbsp; It&#039;s pretty safe to say it wasn&#039;t much.&nbsp; If someone had collected (and kept preserved in mint luster!) quantities of those early brass coins from 1966~1975, they&#039;d absolutely be pretty happy campers.&nbsp; Two things that I noticed about these coins and their collectors, though:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) It seems that cleaning was popular in Korea back then, and probably because of inadequate storage of those easily-tarnished brass coins in Korea&#039;s humid rainy season climate in the Summer.&nbsp; So, it&#039;s not likely that large numbers of these rather delicate brass coins survived in good condition by staying in Korea.</p><p>and,</p><p>2) Most of the best-condition and highest-grade South Korean coins were (I think <b>still</b> are) to be found in the United States (occasionally in Europe) for some reason.&nbsp; Now that coin collecting has gotten popular in Korea, many of those pieces are starting to migrate back to Korea, where they sell for between $50 and $1,500.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in