Chris B's Recent Activity

  1. Chris B attached a file to the thread [Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin).

    So, if we use the last one from @panzerman for 1580 I will move us on to 1579. A particularly dark Jeton from the Spanish Netherlands...

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  2. Chris B liked PaddyB's post in the thread World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!.

    I have not been contributing much for a while. I collect mainly British coins and the prices for anything half decent are extreme at...

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  3. Chris B liked panzerman's post in the thread [Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin).

    This coin although noted dated was likely struck after AH 982 -992 (1574-84)[ATTACH] [ATTACH]

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  4. Chris B liked lordmarcovan's post in the thread "Follow The Leader" coin thread BY THEME (for ALL types of coins, tokens, and medals).

    Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): ca. 478-387 BC electrum hekte [IMG]

    Feb 6, 2026 at 6:53 AM
  5. Chris B liked panzerman's post in the thread "Follow The Leader" coin thread BY THEME (for ALL types of coins, tokens, and medals).

    Lets change theme to "archaic coinage" In simpler terms, the first coins used in commerce were electrum (gold/ silver) alloy. Most came...

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  6. Chris B attached a file to the thread Two Charles on one coin. Old and new..

    I purchased this one only because it had the 2 Charles' on it. [ATTACH]

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  7. Chris B liked Dafydd's post in the thread Two Charles on one coin. Old and new..

    I bought this last month at just under melt value as silver was rising. I was lucky as a dealer was unburdening old stock. I thought...

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  8. Chris B liked lordmarcovan's post in the thread United States: 1893 gold Liberty Head half eagle ($5.00).

    United States: 1893 gold Liberty Head half eagle ($5.00) PCGS MS63. Cert. #28033440. Numista-18809, Krause-Mishler-101. Mintage:...

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  9. Chris B liked robinjojo's post in the thread [Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin).

    Here's an undated Potosi 8 reales cob issued between 1581and 1586, based on Paoletti's reference: Viceroyalty of Peru, Philip II,...

    D-Camera Potosi Philip II 8 reales c. 1581-86 assayer B Paoletti 78 (2nd ed) 37mm 27.3 g 1-10-26.jpg Feb 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM
  10. Chris B replied to the thread Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Coin Collecting.

    I have use Claude to help re-write or combine some things that I have written. It's not anything I have published, more for my own files.

    Feb 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
  11. Chris B liked ksmooter61's post in the thread Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Coin Collecting.

    It's all about speed. This took less than 5 minutes, and most of that was me typing and then copying the results. You said: How would...

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  12. Chris B liked Allan Ashford's post in the thread The smallest coin minted in the USA?.

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hi, Not had very much to post over the last few months, a combination of many converging issues. But back to it and...

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  13. Chris B liked AcesKings's post in the thread Questions for the group. Numismatic Related........

    I guess I'm one of the lucky ones here. My son collects, so he'll get everything. He's actually my second set of eyes when we go to...

    Feb 4, 2026 at 7:02 PM
  14. Chris B replied to the thread Questions for the group. Numismatic Related........

    I resemble that remark! Something I've considered doing whenever I get around to finishing this document is generating a generic...

    Feb 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM