gxseries Posted September 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Super Junk lot of Japanese coins: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Super Junk lot of Japanese coins: Nice loot. Did you find any gems in there? Did you buy them directly from Japan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted September 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Yes Akdrv I did. There have been some very interesting coins including a prooflike coin that I am discussing in world coin forum. I shall post more coins later when the giveaway is over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted October 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Got two Chinese Soviet coins. Chinese Soviet Republic 1931-1934, or better known as JiangXi Soviet. Probably minted in 1932 although I am not too sure if both are genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Red coins from red China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted October 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Some crazy Russian coins this week or for the past few days: And that is only three lots. Guess what was the major lot? It was the lot with the silver Tsar kopeks and the Soviet coins. Total of over 2.5oz silver coins which I didn't expect! Ironically, that cost about the same as the 1757 overstriked kopek! BUT! What is more important is what was inside the silver kopeks - some highlights are 1848, 1859, 1871 10k, 1865, 1873, and a toned UNC 1899 20 kopek! The 1757 overstriked 1 kopek on Swedish coin is on discussion here: http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?showto...mp;#entry267915 Fortunately I didn't pay THAT much in what the discussion is on. There are some stunning UNC Soviet kopeks too which I will have to individually photograph. And lastly, a Moldavian-Wallachia 2para-3kopecks worned year but the edge is pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted October 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 Another interesting coin: Double strike ancient Japanese coin? Not something I really know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 Another interesting coin: Double strike ancient Japanese coin? Not something I really know of. Of course I have no good knowledge but based on the pic, the coin may have been sitting in a pile with other coins of other sizes. Maybe the oxidation of one smaller coin contaminated yours because they were on top of each other in a pile for years. Know what I mean? I'm really tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 This is an UNC coin from Japan, minted in 1935 which came from a lot. I still have plenty to photograph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 A Soviet 5 kopek coin, likely to be a trial piece: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 That 1935 Japanese coin is quite the eye catcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Holed and awfully worned coins but I didn't care - they cost just 1 dollar each! (I'm NOT joking) The 1/4 ruble of Pavel I is notoriously difficult to get hold of and fortunately, that seemed to be the only coin that has date on it and it's a 1798! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Way to go! I'll double your money on that 1798... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 A shocker lot has just come in. Firstly it is this 1811 2 kopek coin. This coin is getting quite difficult to find in XF, forget UNC. The original brown patina and no verdigris makes this coin quite desirable. Not to forget to mention of the doubling at the reverse which makes it interesting. As well as, the edge is not the typical smooth edge but a reeded edge!!! Next is a batch of Soviet coins. Yes Soviet coins, but what? Look carefully: And look at this image as a comparsion: The coin on the right is a sample from the rest of the coin. I believe they are all PROOF coins! !!!!!! As well as, I'm still sorting out the lot from this picture: So stay tune to the pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 A shocker lot has just come in. Firstly it is this 1811 2 kopek coin. This coin is getting quite difficult to find in XF, forget UNC. The original brown patina and no verdigris makes this coin quite desirable. Not to forget to mention of the doubling at the reverse which makes it interesting. As well as, the edge is not the typical smooth edge but a reeded edge!!! Good finds, gxseries! That 2 kopeiki coin is beautiful. I am seeing "ИМ" instead of "НМ" mintmaster initials ... but I assume that "НМ" is correct, and the lighting in the picture is playing tricks? Glancing through my Brekke reference for this type, it seems like this edge (listed as edge No. 1) was more usual for coins of this denomination from 1801 up until 1810; afterwards, about half of the varieties for 1810 and 1811 have the plain edge and the others edge No. 1. After that, all have a plain edge. I wonder why the transition was made? The Soviet era coins are very nice ... probably very difficult to find in such good condition after 30+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Bobh, you can say my photography skills are terrible and my photography shows no justice. But as well as, since the picture size is limited, it unfortunately shows less details. Here is a larger one: Uzedenikov has marked it as scarce and I don't think I have seen many of such examples around. Actually this is my first to handle such example. Even so, I believe such grades are getting quite difficult to find. This coin is one of the coins inside the lot, UNC!!! Toned but I'm happy. I got more to photograph but I'll show the highlight of what was in there. Believe it or not, for the silver coins, I paid slightly over twice the bullion value! And I believe I have a 1840 10 kopek coin which is probably UNC!!! That kind of pays off everything that I paid for! I forgot to show some more coins that I got that is not in the lot. This is another one of them, You can see a fair amount of coins uploaded on omnicoin if you can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Bobh, you can say my photography skills are terrible and my photography shows no justice. But as well as, since the picture size is limited, it unfortunately shows less details. Here is a larger one: Hmmm, repunched 1's in the date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Scrottishmoney, I believe it's doubled. You can see the crown and the ball doubled. Nevertheless, it's pretty interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 That 1811 is really neat. Quite a bit of doubling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elverno Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 The 1811 is very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 A 1854 ruble in XF ish that I got recently from a coin fair here. Nothing unusual except for a seller that had a batch of silver rubles from one collection. He had a XF Peter I ruble as well as a XF+ Anna ruble!!! Too bad I don't even have enough money of what the seller is asking but it's still a bargain. For now, Got it much cheaper than what I see on ebay these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted December 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 I seriously thought it was a joke when I bid on this: Japan 2003 1000 yen, commemorating the 5th Winter Asian Games in Aomori Totally shocked when I saw it. This is the first colorized coin minted in Japan released back in 2003. A mintage of 50,000 and in one full ounce. Current trends in Yahoo Japan auctions seem to be hitting at least 65,000yen which is around 550USD. What is even more shocking is that, I heard in the JNDA 2007 edition, it is catalogued as 95,000yen which is around 800USD!!! Perhaps way too much for a modern silver proof coin Fortunately I just paid a fraction of it! Edit: New jpgs of the inside slip: (300k each though) http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8691/20...verfrontox5.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5038/2003coverbackzd1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 The Japanese coins and packaging are quite interesting. I'd enjoy having some for my collection. I'll check FUN and the OCC Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Nice catch, gx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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