Looks like it was in the newer ANACS holder.
I agree with you Sketcher. Many many made.
Cash is great for coinshops or shows. Most sellers online will accept money orders.
I like coins with clash marks. They show a little personality.
GDJMSP, Absolutely true. How about Gordian III antoninianus?
Hey, Good luck you guys. Please pop in and tell us about the good parties.
Compared to another the 4 does look odd. http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m376/impavg/a949_1-crop-vert.jpg
A couple more basics are On macro the camera must be completely still. If you don't have a tripod brace it on a table or something. Don't use...
Looks like a cast fake to me. Sorry http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/bar_cent/bar_cent.htm
Sweet coin.
The radiate head looks like Claudius II
"I believe the hole or dimple is used for centering" Do you mean centering the die? Or the flan for some lathe work As these photos would...
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I have a provincial who's dimples are offset to eachother from obverse to reverse. This would not have worked on a lathe. I like the idea of a...
Here's a link on "centration dimples". http://dougsmith.ancients.info/pit.html
No the hole doesn't go through it. They're dimpled. Put on durring the minting process. Off to bed now. Talk more about it tomorrow.
Nice Randy. And here's what orichalcium looks like all cleaned up. AE28 Elagabalus....
Yes. Some (yawn) ho hum morgans. But mostly to prove to her that I wasn't nuts and that people do collect them. LOL
Darkfenix, A couple years ago there was an ebay seller from Germany who had some good crusties. They were so covered in crud there was no way to...
I trust them and I like their guarantee. Authenticity Guaranteed For Eternity - Any item deemed a forgery may be returned anytime forever for a...
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