Here's a closeup that I took trying to highlight the area around the chin.
The grade on the slab is "Genuine - Graffiti, AU details" I do not see any graffiti on the coin, but there are some serious marks at 7:00, just...
NT I also was of the opinion that slabs are relatively air tight. However, plastic is porous, so even if they are acoustically sealed 100%, I...
I've had a good experience with ANACs on some rarer/obscure items (a proof 1908 US Philippines Centavo & USS California Launching medal HK324) but...
I recently purchased this 1854 $3 in a PCGS slab. I believe that it might be undergraded, but I'd like to get a few opinions about what the grade...
During the second world war, we also minted coins for Australia, the Dutch East Indies, and a few other allies (occupied and unoccupied) that I'm...
The 1944 2 Franc coin for liberated Belgium was minted on unused planchets from "steel pennies": https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3103.html
Update to add - I learned that Philip Kerr passed in 2018, so there likely wont be any more of his Bernie Gunther books coming. :oops:
2012 had a different version of Saint George slaying the dragon. Mintage was 250,000 + 5,000 in proof for KM1207. What do you make of the...
The same 4th Portrait obverse
A one year only issue of this pattern with St George slaying the dragon.
Here's a piece I'll call #5: The Cyrillic numeral that looks a little like a trident seems to be a 700, indicating that this was a Peter the...
Here's a piece I'll call #4: The Cyrillic numeral similar to a lowercase letter "a" is a 1, which suggests to me it was minted in the first year...
Here's a piece I'll call #3. This one's quite a bit darker and broader struck than most of the other pieces I've seen. The two characters I see...
Here's a piece I'll call #2. The block like letter below the horse's belly may be the date. A single character seems odd though.
I recently picked up around 100 pieces of wire money from Russia. These hammered coins were made from silver wire, and continued to be struck for...
Those German precursor states sure put out some interesting and distinctive coins. Do you mind if I ask how much your drunken self paid for it? (a...
It very well might have been dug. When I get to 179 years old, I can only hope to be in as good of shape.
Going through a junk bin, I picked up something that seems to be a common token but a rare date. I found a page that lists this token with 1814...
I'm looking for any & all risque tokens and red light shellcards for a exhibition & catalog I'd like to assemble of such items. If you're not...
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