
A 1900 Very Fine Cash in my collection. This coin, instead of having "One Cent," it reads "Ten Cash" on the reverse in English. In the middle it shows "Kwang-tung Kuang-hsu Yuan money" and around it shows the Board of Finance and Copper Coinage 10 Cash. The inscriptions are read …
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A 1891 Very Fine Centime in my collection. Features "Ceres," a French goddess found on coins after Napoleon III.
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artist, numismatist, and occasional master counterfeit, nicolaus seeländer (17th century; hanoverian)
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The following photograph is of an old coin cabinet likely to have been used in the Chadwick Museum in Bolton (1884-1956), the basis of the current museum’s local history collection. Notes on the photograph indicate it was taken between 1905 and 1914.
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A 1996 Very Fine Dollar in my collection. Mr. Bustamante, claims the coin, is the National Hero of Jamaica. Well done, Mr. Bustamante. Well done.
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A 1920 Fine to Very Fine Cash in my collection. From the pre-Communist country of the People’s Republic of China; the Republic of China is currently Formosa. This was struck on a defected planchet.
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A 1098 Fine Cash in my collection. Yuanfu? What the heck does it say? That was my guess.
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A 2001 Very Good Centavo in my collection. This type is made of Cupro-Nickel.
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A 1971 Very or Extremely Fine Ore in my collection. The king is Frederick IX, but shows an R. Interesting.
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A Canadian quarter issued to commemorate the 2010 Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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