Topic: Find and Buy me a 1994 North Korean Kim Il Sung 1oz Silver Coin=1 Casascius coin (Read 1752 times)
May 31, 2016, 03:10:20 PM
OP hasn't logged in about 6 months and the thread is 3 years old. I'll lock this and move it to the right subforum(we didn't have Collectibles back then).
May 31, 2016, 01:27:13 PM
I have this. My father just gave it to me. He used to do business in North Korea. Also have picture of my parents next to Kim Il Sung dated April 1991.
June 11, 2013, 08:54:42 PM
Update: Nothing yet. I finally got around to visiting some coin stores here in Seoul. I went to an underground shopping mall that has the largest concentration of coin shops in Seoul and visited 6 or 7 there. The shop keepers all took one look at the picture you provided and pretty quickly said they didn't haven't. My Korean isn't great, but from what I saw I'm pretty sure most of them recognized what the coin is and had a kind of "good luck kid" response.
If I get another chance I will keep looking.
If I get another chance I will keep looking.
lived in South Korea for a while. you will never, EVER find one of these coins in South Korea -- at least not in a coin shop.
June 11, 2013, 09:43:11 AM
Update: Nothing yet. I finally got around to visiting some coin stores here in Seoul. I went to an underground shopping mall that has the largest concentration of coin shops in Seoul and visited 6 or 7 there. The shop keepers all took one look at the picture you provided and pretty quickly said they didn't haven't. My Korean isn't great, but from what I saw I'm pretty sure most of them recognized what the coin is and had a kind of "good luck kid" response.
If I get another chance I will keep looking.
If I get another chance I will keep looking.
lived in South Korea for a while. you will never, EVER find one of these coins in South Korea -- at least not in a coin shop.
June 11, 2013, 09:12:00 AM
Update: Nothing yet. I finally got around to visiting some coin stores here in Seoul. I went to an underground shopping mall that has the largest concentration of coin shops in Seoul and visited 6 or 7 there. The shop keepers all took one look at the picture you provided and pretty quickly said they didn't haven't. My Korean isn't great, but from what I saw I'm pretty sure most of them recognized what the coin is and had a kind of "good luck kid" response.
If I get another chance I will keep looking.
If I get another chance I will keep looking.
April 05, 2013, 04:04:53 AM
Ok, I'm on it. I'm in Korea and have seen a few coin shops.
Let me know before you buy it-a picture would be great. Be aware, these coins are counterfeited a lot (but mostly in China).Counterfeit as in not silver? Or Counterfeit as in silver, but fake? How would you tell if it's a fake or not then?
Both. For one, use a STRONG magnet-silver is not magnetic but other metals commonly used are. As for sound, you should here a high-pitch kind of ring when it [gently] spins on a table and then loses momentum. Plus I assume you are smart and have good common sense. A market isn't going to be seling them by the basketful. Instead, its a real numismatic item and you would usually find it only at coin stores.
April 05, 2013, 03:59:43 AM
Are these coins even allowed to be taken outside of NK?
Uhhh..yeah. North Korea is extremely isolated but they're still a Second-World country. I have a bunch of North Korean stuff.
April 05, 2013, 01:46:20 AM
A coin of the great leader should be in gold platinum-190, anything else is blasphemy.
FTFY
April 04, 2013, 08:40:03 PM
Ok, I'm on it. I'm in Korea and have seen a few coin shops.
Let me know before you buy it-a picture would be great. Be aware, these coins are counterfeited a lot (but mostly in China).Counterfeit as in not silver? Or Counterfeit as in silver, but fake? How would you tell if it's a fake or not then?
April 04, 2013, 08:37:48 PM
Are these coins even allowed to be taken outside of NK?
April 04, 2013, 08:36:30 PM
Ok, I'm on it. I'm in Korea and have seen a few coin shops.
Let me know before you buy it-a picture would be great. Be aware, these coins are counterfeited a lot (but mostly in China). April 04, 2013, 08:03:41 PM
Ok, I'm on it. I'm in Korea and have seen a few coin shops.
April 04, 2013, 06:34:48 PM
A coin of the great leader should be in gold, anything else is blasphemy.
April 04, 2013, 06:23:03 PM
this coin is awesome 
best of luck JW!
best of luck JW! April 04, 2013, 06:19:46 PM
Hi,
I have been looking all over the internet for this coin. I only want one in mint condition with the original packaging. If you find and buy me one, I will send you a 1 BTC Casascius Physical Coin (available by invite only now), either Series 2 or Series 3. The coin looks like this:
windows 7 screen shot
Message me once you find it before you purchase.
Thanks!
I have been looking all over the internet for this coin. I only want one in mint condition with the original packaging. If you find and buy me one, I will send you a 1 BTC Casascius Physical Coin (available by invite only now), either Series 2 or Series 3. The coin looks like this:
windows 7 screen shot
Message me once you find it before you purchase.
Thanks!
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