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This coin is colloquially called a pattern (which encompasses many types of coins in the Krause catalogs), but is not listed in Krause. I understand PCGS no longer calls a coin made with circulation … (View Post)

I think I have a set of the 1967(?) restrikes somewhere around here…. (View Post)

Speaking of Russia…. I bought three plaster replicas of rare Mexican coins supposedly made by the Hermitage Museum in the 1960s at the request of a Mexican researcher who was communicating with them.… (View Post)

A dealer once told me that if coins don’t trade, people can’t collect them and thus there is no interest and prices don’t rise. It seems logical. That’s why I started selling my dups. This is only a … (View Post)

Of course. Everyone needs some patterns. (And medals. And tokens.) They help to tell the story. (View Post)