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Re: Why do TPG's label these wrong?
Fundamentally, the reason why they call it "Mexico" is because the world coin catalogues they base their coin listings off have always called it "Mexico". Which simply kicks the c… (View Post)2 -
Re: Coin with two backs
This one is a prop for a relatively simple magic trick: "Look in my hand, a perfectly normal penny. Alakazam! Now it's a dime." (View Post)1 -
Re: Coins that are worth a million times face?
Under current space law, the ownership of a spacecraft (or piece thereof) rests with the government of the country from which it was launched. Thus, a probe (either currently operational or derelict)… (View Post)1 -
Re: Clean or no clean?
The staining around the elephant's face and over on the right side tells me that there was some serious corrosion happening there, horn silver or some such, which has already been mostly cleaned off … (View Post)2 -
Re: Would you include 1976 Bicentennial Coins in a Modern Commemorative Collection?
Most countries don't have this weird disconnect that America has between "circulating coins" and "commemorative coins". If a coin is issued specifically to commemorate a person or… (View Post)1