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Haha, I was thinking the same thing. That's why I decided to purchase it "blind" or "half-blind" as might be the case here. Then I can submit it as my first coin for grading if I decide to follow that route. I will try to take some better photos of it also, even though that's not the main...

Wow! I am impressed by the research skills in this group! So the coin is really a 2003 Coloured solid 999 Silver Proof Lunar Ram/Sheep. Right? I am reading on the page that mmm....shiney! provided that the denominations are from 500 yuan down to 20 yuan, but I guess that must be for the gold...

well, yes, the horns remind me of the V-shape that is the horns of Aries, and I guess Aries is a goat... It's just not like any goat I've seen.

Hmmm, the thick plottens... So would this book have both coins and medals? The seller is very reputable, but that doesn't mean he can't have made a mistake, I guess.

Yeah, and it doesn't look much like a goat or a sheep. Which is the year of bambi again? I thought maybe it was from a series of fairy tales or something, but I didn't find it.

So, while looking for pandas I stumbled upon a strange animal that is definitely no panda, nor a unicorn, and I've been scratching my head trying to find it by more or less devious google searches, but with no luck. Therefore, I thought it was time to ask all the experts on Chinese coins here to...

I'm in Europe, and I buy from US sellers on ebay from time to time. Many ship worldwide, and some of those who don't indicate that they do, might be willing to if you send them a polite message asking if they will ship outside the US. On a side not to this off topic question, I have noticed...

Thank you very much for these thorough posts! I feel I'm getting so much education here lately. Very nice! Like Chillidog I went to look at "all" my graded coins, which in my case include 1 panda and 1 kook, at the moment, and was happy to see they started with the number 3. However, I have 12...

Spannermonkey, you're predicting 30 % down in 4-5 days? What's this based on? Wishful thinking, ouija, tea leaves, charts, or something else? I like it when people don't hold back on making good predictions, but I haven't yet established your prediction track record. This is better than Mystery...

sorry, didn't finish my last sentence... I can get 2012 1 kg kooks for spot + $5 premium, and the maples, ase and phils, and some 2011 koalas, so it's not the most exciting pick.... However, if prices do get low enough, I'll bite, naturally

Also interested to know how many have websites open that offer prices that immediately reflect the variations in spot, and with their trigger finger on their buy buttons... And please name those sites, hehe... Here in Norway it seems the biggest trouble is that they don't have too many actual...

Back up to USD 30.00. I hope that was not it for this time. It's the first time since I started purchasing silver that i see silver in the twenties, and I wouldn't mind that it stay there for a while to add some more...

Knives are falling! Should we try to catch them? - 5 % after 15 minutes!

Did you guys fall asleep? Be careful not to choke on the popcorn! It's been a rough start, down 2 % in the first 10 minutes!

So, what are your thoughts on graded bears, Chillidog?

I still find it interesting what percentage of the coins submitted actually get a ms69 or ms70 grade. I still stick only to NGC to make it easier for myself to compile the data. So why do we get such a high percentage of coins with a perfect or near perfect grade? If you have a scale that...

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the scoring of a grade 69 or 70 is more or less subjective, however, I would be very interested to hear someone say that they could actually tell the difference, be it with a loupe or with camera equipment or something like that. Anyone?

I've been wondering about this. Are you seriously saying that nobody can tell the difference between a 69 and a 70? Nobody here on the forum could take out their loupe and argue why one coin should be 69 while the other should be 70? They say that the differences should be visible at five...

Congratulations to everyone on a good price! Well done, Yennus. Now I wish I had waited, hehe, but happy to hear that trains and pandas are spreading.

Thanks, that's the first time I've seen it. Someone who asks 235 euro, like 315 aud, I guess. Seems like most of those listed have gone unsold.