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There are issues with calling your coin a "New York penny". For starters, the VOC (or any other Dutch colonial administration) did not make coins specifically for use in New Amsterdam; coin… (View Post)

To answer the question in the OP: no, it isn't "bad form", and I would expect any dealer to be prepared to sometimes be part of a "shopping around" process, either for multip… (View Post)

If a coin has "multiple errors" on it, then it's almost entirely certain that it's not a mint error or variety, but rather just damage. Ockham's Razor says that the most like… (View Post)

I'd agree with John Conduitt's assessment. To be more explicit, it's a Roman Provincial coin, from the time of emperor Trajan, issued in the name of the Koinon of Galatia. "Koinon… (View Post)

Correct; the RSFSR was one of the founding members of the USSR (the others being Ukraine, Transcaucasia and Belarus). The largest and most powerful member, but still (on paper at least) merely the fi… (View Post)