Does this give you confidence in the Guru of Blue Moon?

satootoko

Idiot!
It took me almost 90 seconds to find the coin in Krause - People's Republic of China 30 Yuan, Y#21(?!) - silver proof, mintage 20,000. Of course 75 of those seconds were spent getting Krause off the shelf and finding the People's Republic section

airplanenut

Well, that little Chinese flag DOES look quite a lot like the Japanese flag...

Askari

I've always wondered how in the world he ever got the feedback score he has. I've hardly ever seen one of his auctions get a bite. They usually start at a random price at least twice their market value in BU.

python

That's pretty bad.

sumnom

I love the picture of him pouring over his references with spectacles in hand. How studious!

MacCrimmon

wybrit

I don't read Chinese/Japanese characters and can barely recognize the Japanese alphabet, but even I can tell what country that is from without a Krause!!

JadeRareCoin

satootoko, isn't it quite possible that Krause is wrong and Blue Moon is correct? Just because the coin has Chinese writing on it does not mean that it isn't a Japanese coin.

I still say that if you look very closely at that book he has been reading for the past 5 years is upside down. Take it into Photoshop and enlarge it and you will see what I mean.

Lloyd

I still haven't stopped laughing since Farthing used that picture in his icon.

I've often wondered where the feedback comes from .... The British coins I've seen him put up are WAY out of line, overgraded by a mile AND overpriced (even if they were the grade he said).

L

JadeRareCoin

His eBay auctions state that he is a "numismatic author", having contributed to Coin World, The Numismatist, CoinAge, etc. I would guess that the only thing he has written in any publication are little want ads in the classified section:

"selling a nice Japanese coin from the olympics. Also selling unsearched wheats (dates my choice)."

satootoko

<< <i>satootoko, isn't it quite possible that Krause is wrong and Blue Moon is correct? Just because the coin has Chinese writing on it does not mean that it isn't a Japanese coin. >>

Gee, you may be right. After all, I am relying on the 30th Ed. for the catalog number. Maybe it's encrypted - Does "People's Republic of China" really mean "Great Japan", and is "30 Yuan" another name for "1 Yen"

satootoko

Accidental duplicate post.

farthing

Do I have to bring him back???