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Contemporary Chinese counterfeit of a Netherlands Ducaton, nonsense date and legends. Chopmarked. Difficult to pin down a date of manufacture, anywhere from the 18th-19th centuries. “Imitation dollar… (View Post)

Whenever I see the 1855 date, I'm always struck by how the last two digits appear italicized compared to the first two. A numismatic mullet: business in the front, party in the back. Great coin, very… (View Post)

Every one a treasure! I love the 1838 South Peru 8R, but that 1733-MX 4R has incredible originality for its rarity. (View Post)

Statistically, this coin shouldn't exist. The 1859-S is known to have been exported to a fairly large degree relative to its tiny mintage (part of the reason for that mintage was a petition from US m… (View Post)

The mark is actually the merchant's name (Yong Kim Hong) in Malay script. A second mark exists in Chinese, also indicating the merchant's name. (View Post)