Three NGC Top Pop MS-65 RB 1896 5 Fun Coins!

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Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 09:15 am Take a look at these hot tamales I recently picked up at Heritage Auctions! Three of the eleven top graded 1896 5 Fun coins at MS-65 RB. At close look, all three have a different personality and feel. Which one do you think has the best eye appeal (vote with the NGC #). Report this Post to the Staff

kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 09:28 am Very nice looking coins. But I know nothing about Korean coins. What grabbed my attention is the use of the digit "5"! I would not have expected an Arabic numeral on an 1896 Korean coin. What is the reason? Report this Post to the Staff
That Coin Dude Pillar of the Community United States 1427 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 09:32 am I don't see any Arabic numerals on these. There was a lot of trade back then so currency had to be multilingual. Report this Post to the Staff
Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 09:34 am @Kanga All coins during this period had their values stated in English, Korean (hangul), and Hanja(Chinese Characters) on the reverse. Japanese coins and Chinese coins were done in the same fashion in some shape or form. It was probably directly related to international trade and currency exchanges. Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 09:37 am I absolutely love the obverse dragons on these. Really cool. It's neat how the engraver intertwined the two. Thanks for sharing. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 09:51 am I like 023 the best. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 10:03 am Not my field, but love the designs! Report this Post to the Staff
Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 10:33 am Quote: I like 023 the best. I am torn between 023 and 015. The strike on the reverse of 015 is really nice, but I really like the red in 023. Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 11:51 am Beautiful design. I like the brighter look of the first one overall, but also really like the strike on the front of OBV 2. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5832 Posts	Posted 01/20/2021 4:22 pm Beautiful! I have to agree with John1 - 023. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/21/2021 04:28 am Nice one! Coins of this era are home to a lot of varieties and can drive a novice collector mad. I personally like the last one. The reverse seems to have better details. Might look different in hand. Just to illustrate that there are three different varieties for this year alone Great Korea - large font Great Korea - small font Korea - small font My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
Squire Wilson Pillar of the Community Australia 653 Posts	Posted 01/21/2021 06:39 am ...you can have good times with "Fun" coins Sorry , I couldn't resist the quip I like the noble "aged copper blush" tones of 015 Squire Report this Post to the Staff
Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 01/21/2021 06:58 am Quote: Nice one! Coins of this era are home to a lot of varieties and can drive a novice collector mad. I personally like the last one. The reverse seems to have better details. Might look different in hand. Just to illustrate that there are three different varieties for this year alone Year 505 is my favorite of the 5 Funs. I especially like the Great Joseon (Korea) large characters, no dot. Those big characters really pop off the coin. 5 Funs are a lot of fun to collect because of all the varieties. Quote: ...you can have good times with "Fun" coins I've made this joke a hundred times with my son. :) We will be metal detecting and find one and I'll say, "Hey Ollie! I guess you could say we had a 'Fun' time!" hehehe Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/21/2021 08:08 am There are three coins left in the 5 fun that I'm missing - 1894 small characters, 1898 large characters (not medium), 1899. Followed by the nickel copper coins which we know they are just too hard to fill in any condition. It's hard for me to pick a favorite. I have been really lucky to find some undocumented varieties and error coins from this era. I am partial to the nickel copper 5 chon This is one of the first few coins that got me hooked onto this series. I noticed that many don't quite get the orientation of this coin right - I think that applies to many sites. My site can be seen here. Some of the coins don't even appear in the market for the last few years! I'm sure it might be easier to find in Korea. http://gxseries.com/numis/koreatype...arly_all.htm My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 01/21/2021 09:05 am Quote: Followed by the nickel copper coins which we know they are just too hard to fill in any condition. Really? These are so common in Korea. I have a whole baggie of them. Which ones don't you have? Quote: 1898 large characters (not medium) I actually found one of these metal detecting in Korea. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 01/21/2021 5:02 pm Can you please show me a photo of it Lembafc? My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
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