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Top: China, Qianlong emperor as noted by MasonG, Board of Works mint. Middle: Not China, but Japan. https://roberts.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/coins/Kaneibasics.html Bottom: China. It's a little h… (View Post)

The British equivalent of the "lucky penny" encased coin. Farthings never had quite the same "It's good luck to have one" superstition that American cents had, but the size w… (View Post)

"Obverse". Non-coin-people probably assume you've mis-spelled "observe". "Reverse". A perfectly normal word given a new but related meaning by coin-people. It proba… (View Post)

I can't imagine any scenario where adding a COPY stamp can reliably generate an increase in value. This is mainly because the vast majority of collectors have no interest in purchasing fakes or … (View Post)

These kinds of "security edges" are very common in certain coin series. Hong Kong and India are both notable examples where many coin types have security edges. The "security edge"… (View Post)