I picked this up directly from the Royal Mint in England. It's pure bullion. I really liked the design and was willing to pay their price, which IMO, was very high. It's only money right?
Continuing on with adding more tetradrachms, latest additions are silver Vespasian & Trajan. Trajan (98 - 117 A.D.) AR Tetradrachm PHOENICIA, Tyre Dated COS 5, year 15 (111 AD) O: AVTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC CEB ΓEPM ∆AK, Laureate head right set on eagle standing right; club to left. R: ∆HMAPX - EΞ IE YΠAT E, laureate bust of Melqart draped in lion-skin. 24mm 13.7g Prieur 1515; BMC Phoenicia pg. 301, 15 Vespasian (69 - 79 A.D.) AR Tetradrachm ANTIOCH, SYRIA, 69 A.D. O: AVTOKPATWP KAICAP CEBACTOC OVECPACIANOC, laureate head right R: ETOYC NEOY IEPOY A, Eagle standing left on club, palm branch in left field. 23mm 14.4g RPC 1970
2014-S Great Sand Dunes NGC MS67. I don't know if the S-mint issues are going to appreciate in value or not, but at only $7, it was hard to resist.
1875-CC double dime BF-2 PCGS AU-55 CAC. The white vertical lines on the obverse are scratches on the outside of the holder. 1876 double dime PCGS AU-58 Acquiring these two pieces completes my set of circulation strike twenty cent pieces. They will reside next to the 1875 BF-1 PCGS AU-55 CAC and 1875-S BF-2 NGC AU-55 CAC. The dealer who I bought the 1876 from had it in his personal collection for over a year and believes it has not been submitted to CAC for review. I have not yet attempted to attribute its variety yet.
My first and only seated coin. Picked up today. Going to keep it in my wallet, pull it out when stress accumulates during work.
Always wanted an ancient Mount Argaeus so I got this. was in a ngc holder, 4/5, 4/5. Hadrian (117-138 A.D.) AR Didrachm CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea O: ADPIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right. R: YPATOC G.PATHPPA, Helios standing on Mount Argaeus, holding globe and sceptre. 20mm 6.35g Sydenham, Caesarea 263; Metcalf, Caesarea 92a
Here's a nice obscure coin you don't see paraded around very often. Excuse the lousy pictures Impossible to photograph but it is PCGS graded as a PF-64 BN and even has a little greenish turquoise color to the obverse.
Not out of the ordinary but it does fill a missing space in my inventory. I graded it as XF40. Bought here on CT from a fellow member.