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  1. I was in Japan last year. I found it quite hard to find the new 500 yen coin in circulation. It's seen as a nuisance as it's not readily accepted by vending machines despite in circulation for 3 years. (issued since 2021). Reiwa issued coins (except 100 and 500 yen) are surprisingly difficult to find despite being in a capital city. I have managed to gather all 3 years of 500 yen... (500 yen makes it very expensive to do a complete year set!) I'll try to take a photo of the 500 yen coins when I get a chance. Thought I'd share a video of the production of the coin. This is not my video - one that I found online I was in Japan last year. I found it quite hard to find the new 500 yen coin in circulation. It's seen as a nuisance as it's not readily accepted by vending machines despite in circulation for 3 years. (issued since 2021). Reiwa issued coins (except 100 and 500 yen) are surprisingly difficult to find despite being in a capital city. I have managed to gather all 3 years of 500 yen... (500 yen makes it very expensive to do a complete year set!) I'll try to take a photo of the 500 yen coins when I get a chance. Thought I'd share a video of the production of the coin. This is not my video - one that I found online [youtube][MEDIA=youtube]WiRoSZqg1EE[/MEDIA]
  2. 1724 kopek aren't common but when two are offered on eBay at the same time. They look awfully similar in wear and planchet flaws... both fake? https://www.ebay.com/itm/165927988239 https://www.ebay.com/itm/195734057506
  3. Hi ViFi, What are the tellsigns of soviet restrikes? Are there specific years or a specific literature that you would recommend? Thank you
  4. I admire your dedication to look out of the different varieties!
  5. This is the first time I've seen anything like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/373971739005?hash=item571273e17d%3Ag%3A0AQAAOSwmnNhxaOK&nma=true&si=2FHfksNa9e09Ge9Mwff70qBXoO8%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 What is an indication that this is a restrike struck in the Soviet era?
  6. This set took me close to a decade to complete. It's because I wasn't prepared to pay top dollars and am happy to wait for one at a reasonable price. Struck with the same planchets used for the Soviet coins - these were struck at Leningrad Mint http://gxseries.com/numis/rus_new_type/tannu_tuva_r.jpg Looks quite neat as a set. I thought I would complete the 1946 Spitsbergen set first before this. Link: http://gxseries.com/numis/rus_new_type/tannu_tuva.htm
  7. Uighurs or Uyghurs have been under the news for all sorts of "human right abuse" under the current Chinese regime. I shall avoid the political aspects of it but you can look it up and make your own conclusion. Uighurs have tried to break apart from Xinjiang Province and it was a a short lasted regime for a mere 9 months in 1933. A couple of coins were struck and there are quite a few varieties known. Numista shows a few: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/first_east_turkestan_republic-1.html I bought my first example and and I believe it is the most corroded 10 cash. I tried to find the 20 cash and that proved to be difficult and ended up getting another 10 cash. I did end up lucky with a 20 cash but had to do some preservation that didn't go too well. I believe back then, the first example that I purchased was around 30 dollar mark and the 20 cash was a bit dearer at 200 or so. The rest came out from a hoard and that happened when I was out of work. I'll be honest - I thought I'll buy them and flip them as I thought they were undervalued. Sadly I only had enough to buy a bit over half of what was offered but I did end up with some nice examples. That would sound pretty unbelievable today - ebay doesn't even have that many examples on offer for starters! In hand, I noticed that all 20 cash are overstruck and are not well researched. One of the 20 cash look like a crude fake but it seems to be a legitimate variety. The 10 cash on the other hand all seem to be struck on fresh planchets. I ended up keeping them all as I realized some of these coins are in much better condition that I've seen in the market. One of them is double struck which is pretty unusual and the other has a clean die crack however poorly conserved. Before you criticize about the green verdigris, they have already gone through a few rounds of Verdicare so it's the best they can be. They were much worse, believe it or not Here are some examples of before and after: http://gxseries.com/numis/preservation/china/uighurstan/preservation_uighurstan.htm Prices today are just so absurd - who knows if the CCP is just hunting them down to just melt them from existing. Who knows, if it keeps going up at a rocket pace, I can sell and head for retirement! (dreaming). Better close up photos soon... http://gxseries.com/ct/uighurstan_f.jpg http://gxseries.com/ct/uighurstan_b.jpg Feel free to post your example!
  8. It does look like a modern replica.
  9. It looks like contemporary counterfeit. Still pretty neat.
  10. Mine is much lower grade. Just happy to have an example in my collection
  11. Send the "novodel" back for your money. They look like modern replicas
  12. Reviving an old thread. Found this tribute struck by a Japanese private mint Struck in 2000, mintage of just 1000. I guess this is the best I could get to the real thing. I still find it intriguing that the Bank of Korea suspects that it was struck in Russia. Who knows - history can be interesting
  13. Looks like it's from Nepal just from the fonts.
  14. Was checking out random vids on youtube and saw this. It reminded me that it would be a perfect fit for Sigi's pyatak!
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