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My First Hobo Nickel (Gift From Pedro Villarrubia & Wife)
May 13th, 2013 
Rigo 
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Tags: blanca de la hoz, buffalo nickel, coin engraving, hobo, hobo nickel, pedro villarrubia 
1 Comment »Silversmiths, Rehearse Assayers and Method.
May 1st, 2013 Rigo One of the things that intrigues us, our attention and we like of numismatics is undoubtedly marks and the initials of the assayers. Here, we will try to briefly explain methods from the Middle Ages to Isabel II the steps taken regarding the testers and test method. The currency reform in Castile operated by new [...]
Posted in US Coins, World Coins Tags: assyer, coin collecting, isabel II, Isabella, mintage, minting No Comments »Collect and Play: Have Fun With a Toy Hobby
April 12th, 2013 Rigo Some adults never seem to grow up. They seem to retain their childlike wonder at the world around them. These are the adults who have started a toy hobby. Kids like to hang around with these adults because they seem more like kids. Sometimes having a child or a grandchild can spark an interest in [...]
Vintage Coin Counterfeiting….Elongated Coins From The Past?
February 25th, 2013 Rigo Today I present something funny, really funny, I think. A friend of mine sent me some pictures that were in the Police Museum of Edinburgh- The Police Centre of Edinburgh (Scotland). At first glance a showcase with punches English coins from the early twentieth century and some of the results of such coin dies (click [...]
Posted in Counterfeit, US Coins, World Coins Tags: counterfeit, counterfeiting, fakes, vintage coin machine, world coins No Comments »History Of Currency In Guatemala (Part II)
January 3rd, 2013 Rigo Carrera’s currency, as it is called, was minted from 1859 to 1869 and, with the exception of the currency of a quarter actually engraved with the bust of Carrera. In this period were minted silver coins and gold: the silver, in the denominations of a four-quarter real real real eight and he changed the name [...]
History Of Currency In Guatemala (Part I)
January 3rd, 2013 Rigo Immediately after the Independence of Central America (1821) began a process of transition to a federal or national monetary system, intended to evade the regulations, signs and influences of the Spanish metropolis. In this sense, the Mint Guatemala played a role in the monetary circulation using gold and silver as the main material for minting. [...]
What exactly is a coin?
November 15th, 2012 Rigo A coin is a piece of hard material, traditionally metal and usually in the shape of a disc, which is used as a form of money. Traditionally the value of a coin comes from the intrinsic value of the component metal, but in modern times most coins are made of a base metal and their [...]
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