Very generous contest!
Wow, nice note, nice pedigree. Unfortunately I know zilch about paper money.
Theme: Septimius Severus. Roman Empire: silver denarius of Septimius Severus, "Dea Caelestis" type, ca. 193-211 AD [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Next...
Thanks for that explanation. I have zero interest in or knowledge of comic book superheroes, so I thought we were talking about the Cyclops of...
These are neat. Fun counterstamp.
Looks like Bill Clinton's face with Nixon's nose! Three presidents, one portrait! I'd be tickled to find one.
Brilliant Uncirculated? Yeah, it looks like it. But the anomaly appears to merely be plating blisters, as mentioned.
I agree that the accompanying paperwork is encouraging.
Ground find, yes, but not necessarily by a detectorist. Truly enormous hoards of Chinese cash coins are found in archaeological sites. In fact,...
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