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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...

Forum: World Coins

Dafydd replied to the thread The Shipwreck Corner.

That's a fine Cob @lordmarcovan.

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1878 Carson City Morgan Dollar help please.

I'm converting a fair number of Morgan Dollars into something else and I have this one. I bought it a long time ago and do not have the...

Forum: US Coins Forum

Dafydd replied to the thread Questions for the group. Numismatic Related........

I told my wife, who has no interest, that some coins are worth a lot of money and others pennies so I will leave details of which...

Dafydd replied to the thread The Shipwreck Corner.

Nice coin @panzerman , great early shipwreck coin. I know that coins were found in a wreck dated 480 BC and a gold scarab in a wreck...

Dafydd replied to the thread Years in the making, and pretty much done now - my US Gold Type Set.

That is one impressive set @lordmarcovan , congratulations. I have also learnt about coins that I had absolutely no idea existed and...

Dafydd replied to the thread The Shipwreck Corner.

Yes @The Meat man Anne VIGO coin is also on my wish list too. I read somewhere years ago that there was a story about Pirates providing...

Dafydd liked russell1256's post in the thread My new setup.

Just got this storage cabinet. Was keeping these in my closet. The cases hold my slabbed type set and other slabs[ATTACH]

Dafydd attached a file to the thread The Shipwreck Corner.

[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Great Britain 1746 LIMA, George II, D. Nono, 1/2 Crown. Seaby 3695 A VF details. Cleaned. [ATTACH] KM# 583.2; Sp#...

Dafydd liked Sulla80's post in the thread Sorting out the stories about this coin.

[ATTACH] This coin finally gets its due on my site - a beautiful example of a coin from the Social War. With many questions: who is on...

Dafydd liked Denis Richard's post in the thread Bust & Harp Token (Lower Canada, c. 1825).

Today's share is the anonymous Bust & Harp token I had the pleasure of photographing yesterday. It's a quietly fascinating survivor from...

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1715 Fleet Society Conference. Visit report.

[ATTACH] Here is my overview and speaker programme for the 1715 Fleet Society 2026 Conference held 12–14 January at Indian River State...

Forum: World Coins

Dafydd liked lordmarcovan's post in the thread Ugly and rare, or common and beautiful?.

Just a quickie poll. Which appeals to you more in general: rarity, or aesthetics and eye appeal? Sure, it's a sliding scale, with...

Dafydd liked lordmarcovan's post in the thread Ugly and rare, or common and beautiful?.

Well said. I feel the same way about sharing my collection. Though I often "walk the road less traveled" in my eclectic style of...