I'm struggling to identify this and wonder if anyone can help. It has a rather legible "179"x date, and clear "sol" denomination, but the head of...
Ah, counter-punched. My apologies.
I recently came across this punched coin. If I'm reading the punch correctly, it says "AN CARPENIER" I'm curious about whether this is a...
I recently picked up a roll of Mercury dimes and have been digging through it armed with the Cherry Picker's guidebook. I'm scratching my head on...
They were asking for $1100, with an 18 inch chain and bezel. Didn't seem to understand that bezels reduce value for collectors rather than...
I cane across this and did a double take. The 1925 is a rather common date, but this high grade example (despite the jewelry mount) appears to be...
Here's a 1672 1/3 Thaler from the earldom of Mansfeld Bornstedt (a precursor German state):
I recently picked up a Type 1 MCCS holder (#005538, with a 1982-S George Washington half dollar commemorative in PR69 DCAM). Just wondering - does...
Agreed that you should probably hang onto it. Sometimes a blurry picture leads to a higher grade coin than the grade alone would suggest....
I recently picked up a medal dated 1931 with a legend "W.A.S." I bought the medal for the equestrian design on the obverse, but I'm quite...
Entry Post Prefer 3, 4, 1, 2 Wow, that's a good find. I also enjoy digging through dealer's "junk" boxes. I picked up this thinking that it...
They may also have been used by a Magician. Magicians often take coins and pair them by grinding away the backs so that they can perform certain...
The first place I'd start looking is 1400's hammered coins from eastern Europe. Don't know why, but something about that first pic makes me thing...
Are any of those hollowed out nickels in private collections, or were they all seized by the NSA?
With terror and much bleating, I imagine. Also, rolling over in graves?
AU-58 here. The luster paired with the general weak strikes of these means it may even grade a touch higher.
Looks questionable to me.
If it was graffiti, wouldn't it spell something or form some kind of pattern? I thought that was the line between bag marks (random /...
The Philippines were part of the US from 1898-1945. US minted coins circulated there from 1903-1945 (and probably took a while to be...
After examining the coin in hand, I can assure you that I saw no other marks that might be called graffiti. I guess my question boils down to...
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