Suggestions how to identify my coins?

Now THAT'S a well worn Buffalo!

 

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Yep, you can imagine how excited I was to find it. Given the sentimental value it holds for me, if I find someone who wants to buy it for -- say $30,000 -- I'd have to insist on weekly visiting rights.

 

Welcome!

 

Thank you!

 

Most ancient collectors use metric u

This is an example of what I find hilarious. If standards allow a variance of .19g you may not find it necessary to buy a scale that weighs to that third decimal. When people here ask for a weight, it is usually to separate denominations so one decimal place will do. Most of us buy the $10, 2 decimal ones. Ancient coins were not struck with collars so two coins made within seconds of each other can be 16mm and 18mm without being odd.

I can not help with your Ptolemy except to say I am not familiar with one that weighs close to 7g and has no small devices or letters in the reverse fields that will help pin down the ID. There are Ptolemy IV to VI didrachms from Cyprus mint? but I wonder how you came across one. I am not an expert in these so I am not saying it is fake but only that you need more research or help from someone more into Ptolemies than am I.
Ptolemy I tetradrachm 13.7g


Ptolemy X tetradrachm 13.8g


Tough love: When you post a photo of a small coin surrounded by a huge blank space, you are saying that your time it would have taken to prepare a cropped version of good size is more valuable than the time it takes us to enlarge the two images. Some of us will take the time; some will pass. Your chances of finding help increase with more people seeing the coin clearly.

 

Thanks for all of this needed education. I'm grateful. I'll have to learn how to photograph a coin as you've done. As to where I bought it, I know it was a coin store (Israel? Spain?) but I can't recall where. I probably paid $100 or so. If fake, I'll live and learn.

 

Good ol buf nick!

 

Like your Avatar, did you find it in circulation? Do you live in NYC? Many years ago a friend and myself silver plated a bunch of subway tokens to give to the secretaries in the Chemistry Dept. at the Polytechnic Institute of NY.

 

Here's your coin Rick, with the description and cropped and images put together as we like it on CT
Its a rare coin and certainly worth $100 in this condition (Fine)
PS: dont post thumbnails but use full image selector, thanks

 

Welcome to Coin Talk!

Post more of your coins and we can help you to figure them out.

We can give hints so you can learn to identify them yourself too.

When I say we, I mean other people on here.

John

 

Many of us will do as much as we can to help you learn and learning is a lifelong project. Fewer of us are interested in doing the work for people who have no interest in learning to do it themselves. People in that last category generally tire of us soon and go away. Those who want to try can remain long term and become friends.

 

Yeah!

 

I'm glad the mystery is solved and welcome to the Forum!

 

Welcome @Rick Hudson! You’ve come to the right place! I’m sure that if you do YOUR homework and still need help you will be amazed at the expertise of the folks on the Ancients forum here.

Steve

 

Thank you.

 

Thank you so much for doing this, Andres, and I'll be sure to learn how to do it going forward. I am very grateful. The 7 grams is what started to make me nervous, since so many silver Ptolemy's are at least 12 grams.

 

Thank you, Dougsmit! Agreed.

 

Hi Kentucky and thanks. Yep, I'm a born New Yorker, and have lived here most of my life. The minting error on the subway token is from an actual photo, but I sure would love to find one to add to a small collection I have of tokens.

 

Go to the search bar on this site and search for Ptolemy posts. You might get lucky on that attribution.

 

Will do. Thanks, Harley.