Crying

This lead coin is fairly scarce, but its in shambles . I bought it this way, but its very fragile...

Sodasa: Anonymous (1st century CE) Pb 1/2 Unit (BMC, p. 190, 136-7)

Obv: The goddess Lakshmi standing facing, holding a lotus; Brahmi legend Mahakhatapasa putasa khatapasa Sodasasa around
Rev: Abhisekha of Lakshmi: the goddess standing facing, watered by an elephant on lotus on either side
Dim: 17 mm, 4.90 g

 

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What's it made of? Never seen a coin 'break' like that!

 

@Muhammad Niazi , I thought this was fitting for your coin... listen to the lyrics...

 

I'm sorry to see that! What kind of flip was it in?

I find getting coins out of those stiff saflips (or any similar mylar flips) very difficult.

 

My other silver sassan coin clipped from the crown a few days ago aswell. The silver in these thin coins seems very brittle and crystalline when seen from the exposed crack.
Let me try to take a closeup of the exposed fresh silver.

Crying again

 

These ones

 

Yikes, Sorry all over again.
...I guess it's (very, very) wryly encouraging that, by way of crystallization, there's only one primary pathology to worry about where silver is concerned. Wish there was some easy, cheap way for ethical dealers, at least, assess the risk factor for individual coins.

 

I have received hundreds of registered letters/ packets with coins/ never had a casualty.....so far.
Most auction houses do a really good packing job.

 

I had that happen to me with a very pretty (and scarce) denarius of Nero.

I was disappointed and sad as well for a long time, and still am....

 

Ok, but please don't throw anything at me. But....wait for it...A tough break to say the least. And yes, I do have a sick sense of humor, sorry about that. I too have had a few numis-breaks. I dropped a small 4th C bronze and watched it go to pieces. I stomped on the floor as my only way to "hand" out retribution.

So far, no signs of retribution. I'll keep you posted if anything happens today, it being Halloween.

 

These Chinese spades broke in transit. I had to repair them. These images were taken post-repair.

 

@TypeCoin97193, please receive hearty condolences. Having never ventured here, except for a couple of c. 3rd c. BCE cash, it has to resonate that for two examples as early as this, the pain would have been marked. ..Sorry (No, Not assuming blame).