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I got around to working out three albums. Took me a bit longer than I hoped.
Here's the three.
New Guinea (1935 - 1945):
http://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/new_guinea
China (1955 - 1992):
http://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/china_fen
Taiwan (1949 - 1981):
http://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/taiwan_album
Hope you enjoy!
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Constanius, you nailed it! Thank you!
Have you seen a similar overstruck token like this?
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In my quest of finding overstruck coins, I decided to branch out into other interesting tokens. I got this token dated 1840. I don't really collect British coins, much less tokens therefore clueless about what this could have been.
This is an image of the 1840 token.
When viewed in an angle, there seems to be a date of 1837 (?). As of what it could have looked like originally, I would like to see what it may have been.
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Something looks odd about that Cipher coin extent4cell. Never seen such an unusual overstrike...
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These sellers are getting smarter. They will blend in genuine coins in their sales to believe that they have a hoard of "decent" coins.
Take for instance some of the coins he / she has sold.
And then a very similar Spitsbergen coin is sold by this seller.
Here are a couple of articles with regards to the counterfeits. I know this is not Russian numismatics but there's no reason to suggest why it cannot be applied to other coinage.
https://registry.ngccoin.hk/news/article/3996/world-coins-counterfeit-cuba-1915-silver-peso/
https://registry.ngccoin.hk/news/article/3945/world-coins-counterfeit-china-east-hopei-1937-chiao/
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If you are bidding on any of them from these sellers, make sure you seek advice. Chances are you are better off winning the lottery instead of getting a random piece of metal (questionable "silver")
http://www.ebay.com/sch/coins-coinshops/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3692
http://www.ebay.com/sch/supermarketcoinsshop/m.html?_nkw=&_trksid=p3692&_ipg=25&_from=&_armrs=1
There's more but this is a head start.
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I've been getting around to sort what I have and filter out what I want to get rid of. These albums would probably be one of the last that I may get rid of.
These albums look impressive especially the old Dansco classic albums. You'll find it hard to believe that they were manufactured 50 years ago and still hold up better than some of the cheap stuff that are made these days. In fact, I believe one Japanese company had been inspired to make a similar album which is shown below. These are better than the Chinese albums that I have, featuring China and Taiwan. I had trouble scanning the Taiwanese coin album as the plastic faded into dark yellow and I had to adjust the color manually. On top of that, the coins were rattling - not one I would recommend. Cover is cheap vinyl like material. I'm not a big fan of the one side display album - shown with the Papua New Guinea coins.
It's a real shame that such albums are just nearly impossible to obtain these days as well as having less choice when it comes to world coin albums. I've been designing some digital albums and if they ever go ahead, this is what they will look like.
http://issuu.com/gxseries
I have just attached a few resized scans of the albums. I still have to go through fixing the scans up. This will take some time. Please also feel free to post some of your coin albums!
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The color looks more like brass which is typical if it is cleaned and polished.
I highly recommend you to go to cointalk.com as there are more people that are well versed in ancient coins.
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Not too sure what it is but it seems it was damaged by acid. As of how it got corroded inside and not affect the rest of the coin surface, I don't know. Seems unusual. As of how it is related to KGB - I don't see it.
If it is a "spy" coin, I would suspect there would have been a bit more fanciful stuff to it, i.e. transmitter.
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There is a judge in NY who once told me, that the words "with all due respect" mean F*** you :-) Anything in this life is possible. Some things are not very probable, though...
Can you show any examples where a coin's edge was filed round at a Russian mint after the coin was struck?
I hope that you know that I am not that very judge that told you that.
That said, the only other example that I can think of is that overstruck 1755 grivennik that was discussed some time ago. I'm hoping someone here saved that photo because it was quite spectacular. I thought I did but I had to replace my computer some time ago and can't find them since then.
I did up a quick overlaying of the ruble against the host coin. It seems that some details don't match - maybe there are other varieties of this particular coin. What I have tried to do is to align circle that is in between the text and the main feature as well as aligning the hair. I reckon the host coin is cut down to 85% of it's original size. File is about 3mb large.
http://gxseries.com/dump/1704_1r_thaler.gif
Would like Steve's opinion when he gets around to seeing this
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Did someone here get this particular coin??? Looks impressive in this condition and this is not a common variety.
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BKB - I still think it's a possibility with all due respect.
That said, has anyone saved a photo of a grivennik overstruck over a larger coin (and then cut) that was discussed a few years ago? I forgot to save it...
http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php/topic/20187-1755-grivennik-overstruck-on/
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BKB - I think this may have been cut at the mint to match the size of the ruble. I don't think it's an ex-jewellery.
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I had a good look at it today as I had a bit more free time.
Using Sigi's quality images as a reference (thanks Sigi) and making comparison, I agree that this coin is more likely to be overstruck over a TM over KM however it is not conclusive yet.
If you take the first picture and rotate it 90 degrees anti clockwise, this is the original host coin of where the double head eagle was. In particular the open space in between the crown and fern, this is a clear sign of the curly banner design of "five kopek". Apologies in advance as I don't know how to describe this any better. When you compare KM and TM - KM's design is actually significantly smaller than TM with the exception of 1788/7 KM 5 kopek. Probability wise, this would reject the majority of KM 5 kopek however I would like to bring out more details when I get around to it. Still can't see KM or TM but given time, maybe something may pop out.
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I like the 4 kopek - very very unusual overstrike feature!
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I like it! Not easy to find pictures that show clear overstrikes especially silver coinage. Can you imagine what it was like back in those days when people received such coinage in circulation... 1 ruble must have been worth a fair amount of money back then.
This is the original host coin if anyone is interested: http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg_1657-EW_thaler_Dav-7731
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Is it even genuine to start off with?
What is the weight of it?
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It's worth -1 dollar. You pay me a dollar to get rid of it. I'm certain others will want more to get rid of it!
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Many thanks Art!
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This has been a rather long journey - with a total of just 50 coins, you would think this is an easy set to achieve. Catalog value might suggest one thing but I've learned it the hard way. Some surprisingly undervalued coins included 1933 1 fen, 1943 and 1944 5 fen and 1 fen and so forth.
I've literally bought hundred of these coins and upgraded them along the way and sold off the duplicates. Not cheap but there has been some stunners in what I bought. Some strong UNC coins which are no longer affordable including a strong proof like, if not proof 1939 1 jiao. Some nice copper and aluminum coins as well.
There are a couple of key date coins which I unfortunately realized that one is a counterfeit - 1939 5 li and 1943 1 jiao (old type) which is potentially a counterfeit. For now I decided to use them as fillers and keep on hunting for genuine examples. Most 5 li coins are difficult to find in reasonable condition except for 1934 and 1937.
I reckon this album is a lot harder than you may think. A type set is very very easy to do however when attempting an entire set, this may take a while. Nevertheless, enough talk and enjoy the view!
http://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/manchukuo_year_coin_album
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I know they aren't common but I wasn't expecting this kind of price for circulated coins!
Korea 1906 - 1910 1/2 chon complete
in World Coin Forum
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I had a pretty rough year and have been sorting out what I have in my collection to get rid of the duplicates. I am cleaning out my Korean coin album and found this rather rare coin that I didn't get around to catalog.
I remember fighting a bitter war to complete this set and it was well worth it. Struck in Osaka Mint, this particular coin is definitely uncommon and I have only seen it appear on major auctions perhaps once a year if not less. Korean and Japanese catalog do not mention a mintage figure however Krause reckons about 5 million were minted. I think that the survival rate for this coin is lot lower than what many think. In fact, I found it is harder to find compared to the lowest mintage coin of this series 1907 1/2 chon which was estimated at 800,000. While the coin may not be in the best condition, it stands a good chance for conservation. Even harshly cleaned coin are hard to come by. That's assuming if you can even come across one for starters.
There's one available at Stack's and it's going for a fair amount.
http://www.stacksbowers.com/browseauctions/lotdetail.aspx?AuctionID=6048&Lot=30066
Needless to say, let's see some photos:
1906 1/2 chon
1907 1/2 chon
1908 1/2 chon
1909 1/2 chon
1910 1/2 chon
Hope you enjoyed it. Please feel free to post any of these Korean coins. I'll get around to photoshop them to show them along side by side.