Thanks for everyone's input. The consensus seems to linger in the EF-40 to EF-45 range with a few outliers in low AU. Given the coin's overall...
This is likely my second oldest coin (c54-63 AD): [ATTACH] Nero AR Hemidrachm of Caesaria, Cappadocia. c54-63 AD. NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR...
I would never pay $1,200 for anything raw on Ebay. Given the astonishing quality of today's fakes, I doubt I would do that even if I did think I...
Hello, I have had this 1928 D SLQ for a number of years and I realized that it has just sat in an airtite mostly forgotten for all of that time....
I don't think I have any words that will do the Eid Mar justice, but thanks for sharing. If you don't mind sharing more, how did that job come...
Very nice! I can't imagine completing a set like that, so sending many congrats in your general direction. That is one of my favorite US coin...
I used to purchase the silver proof sets from the US Mint back in the State Quarter program days, but when they began to pile up in my closet I...
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The Mexico Dos Pesos was the first gold coin that I ever purchased. I remember when I asked for it from the (now sadly deceased) owner of an LCS,...
I believe that 42 B.C.E. is the furthest my lineage goes... [ATTACH] Roman Republic AR denarius P. Clodius Turrinus Rome mint, 42 BC Laureate head...
With a little skewed vision, I do see "1837" - my guess from the photo alone would be an 1837 with a head of 1838, but the reverse may also hold...
Very nice coin no matter what the grade. Unless I'm missing something, I'm also going with MS66. Not sure how they judged the very few small dings...
Awesome! I'm guessing that is the first time that the Cherokee language has appeared on a circulating US coin. From what I've read, that line on...
Ok, now I'm jealous. Who doesn't want a Reddy Kilowatt envelope to suddenly appear in the mail one day? That is awesome - and I'm apparently not...
The only thing I can think is: "how is this person getting all of these peoples' home addresses?"
Back in 2003, there was a serious push to replace FDR on the dime with Reagan (the Ronald Reagan Dime Act of the 108th congress), but it doesn't...
The flowers look like Sakura (cherry-blossom) flowers, so I would guess it came from Japan or an occupied territory (though other countries could...
As others have already said, it's a Japanese 10 Sen note from 1944. "日本" means "Japan" and 日本銀行 means "Bank of Japan." That era's equivalent of...
日本銀行 = Bank of Japan 日本銀行券 = Bank of Japan Banknote 日本銀行券A号10円 Bank of Japan Banknote Series A 10 Yen (first issued 1946) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
That is a very nice 20-center and a very nice date to top it off. I have a considerably more modest, and also far easier to acquire, example of...
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