These coins have always eluded my abilities to attribute them. I have tried using my Hendin 2001 and Meshorer 1967 but as usual fall short. Trust...
Thank you Marsyas Mike for your response. Yes, I searched RPC online and found two examples with Severus Alexander obverses and year 6 reverses...
Greetings to all from South Florida...Is the coin described and illustrated below a Roman Provincial Coin of Severus Alexander from the province...
My query concerns the mint that struck the coin illustrated below along with its expected value. All comments Welcome. Description: Wt.- 3.44...
Many thanks to Coinsandmedals for his thorough analysis of my 1772 halfpenny. It certainly appears to be the correct description of the coin....
Mulling this puzzle over, I remembered the 'US Colonial' coins struck at Machin Mills in Newburgh, New York. I have the 'Vlack Plates' and for a...
Thanks to Coinsandmedals and expat for replying to my question. As Coinsandmedals indicated, my coin may be a British counterfeit. Another...
Below find a description and digital images of a Great Britain 1772 halfpenny from my collection. It exhibits the following characteristics:...
Thanks for the reply longshot...I still have doubts but you may of course be perfectly correct.
Below find digital images of a coin being sold on the internet that is purported to be an example of a Mexico 8 reales 1886/76 RR/BR. Below that...
Many thanks to all who replied. Appears I have a genuine coin and my fears of a counterfeit are unjustified. After much searching, below find...
Below find an image of the raised lump in the drapery of the obverse along with several images of the reverse. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A light rubbing on a basaltic stone determined the high silver contact. Amount of silver used in test is virtually nil. My concerns are the large...
Have doubts as to the authenticity of the Peru 1 sol shown below. Is this a known counterfeit? Additional images of inscriptions available if...
Examining the coin again it occurs to me that I have not seen the "extra" marks indicated by the red arrows on the the reverse of the coin above...
Would like to find a reference number from a standard reference for the item below in order to fully attribute the coin. I have gotten as far as...
Thanks David. Right. This item is low grade and crude. I judged its position incorrectly. Rotate the item, 90 degrees CW and it become clearer....
Trying to fully attribute the coin in the images below has proven a losing effort. My guess is that it is from ancient Spain from the town of...
Oooops, sorry...neglected to crop the last image...see below... [ATTACH]
Thanks Al, I was fortunate to acquire the coin about 40 years ago. Below find additional images to get a bit more resolution and color fidelity...
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