I saw an ad from Govmint.com advertising "lightly circulated" Stone Mountain halves for $69.95. Sounds a little pricy to me.
Was buying a truckload of old wide pine flooring from a guy in nh yesterday I mentioned I buy coins he said he ahead some stuff in the drawer mostly common stuff but I bought this he had a 1900-o Morgan in about xf he was keeping as his grandfather was born in 1900 1783 nova constellatio well worn but relatively problem free large us pointed rays
Nova Constellatio are US colonial coins. http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Cons-Nova.intro.html Here's mine, Crosby 1-A, which I think is the same as Bill's (check out the clash at 2 o'clock on the obverse).
Funny I've seen 2 in the last week I appraised a collection a week ago had one too probably won't see another for a year
Their not exceptional rare or valuable unless in high grade I bought this one for under $100 many are environment damage details tho I think mine could grade clean
Latest addition a fairly scarce coin, especially compared to the more common one serpent reverse. Got it at a great price too! Hadrian (117 - 138 A.D.) Billon Tetradrachm O: AYT KAI-TPAI AΔPIA CEB, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: L Δ_EK_ATOY Agathodaemon erect right at left, wearing skhent and enfolding caduceus, facing Uraeus erect left at right, wearing disk and horns, enfolding sistrum, their tails knotted together and holding a club erect. Alexandria Mint, 125/126 (Year 10) 10.6g 19.5mm Emmett 804 Dattari 1552; BMC 668; Milne 1164; Curtis 351; Demetrio 1247 The Caluceus refers to Hermanubis, the Sistrum is a symbol for Isis and the Club refers to Harpocrates.
Nice One!!!!! Not that this coin is Note below---->>>> When Key coins. US and World also I was a teen 1960 there was a copy / hole filler area in big coin shop in Albany or NYC that sold near Gem bu coins US made silver to Copper/Bronze perfect mint marked Rpm. By 1972 coinage copy note nothing on coin. so on eBay buy graded.Ngc or Pcgs or Icg Anacs