My mailbox runneth over! Wanna look over my shoulder as I open some packages? :-)

Thanks.

Come to think of it, the teeny-tiny gold elephant coin (fanam? fractional fanam? fantasy?) seen earlier in this thread would almost certainly go "ineligible type" at a TPG, too, and I knew that up front, which raises the question of why I bought it. I dunno. I just found it intriguing. Forty bucks is not a huge gamble, but it's way higher than the coin's neglible bullion value. What am i gonna do with the thing? I might return it. Then again, it might be fun to make it my March giveaway. Or I could "bundle" it with the Seljuk dirham to make an even more interesting lot.

 

Yes, both of those gold pieces came from European dealers, raw.

Maybe I could trade the pair in to one of these European dealers, towards one really nice coin, preferably from the same era, since I'd be swapping away both of my pieces of medieval gold.

 

Indeed! Preferably with the frame, right?

I'll give her a call.

Now, where did I leave that Ouija board? Hmmm...

 

Monday brought three more. (One was from the orange pickup slip which was Item #1 at the beginning of this thread.)

 

Thanks. I opened those last three. I'll catch you up on those soon, when I get a chance.

Hey, maybe I got one of the fine Acme products I ordered. You never know.





Or something unexpected.



(Actually, that last would not be entirely unexpected around here.)