Some very beautiful coins here. Glad to see that they aren't exclusively from USA.
My guess is either mercury-amalgamated or chrome-plated. I have a couple of amalgamated copper coins that have that same shininess. Any...
It's the start of an interesting idea, but I can't see it being a viable commercial thing in its present form. What I would be interested in is a...
Nice analysis, Spark. Hadn't thought of 'snake shot' and half-loaded shotshells. I like my dartboard scenario better, though... fewer details to...
I wasn't expecting anything... actually surprised there were any 55s at all
Thanks, wxcoin, I'll keep that in mind. Could be I'll just hang on to them and let my grandkids deal with them someday...
OMG, you know my mother? That's what she does!
Well, I went through them. For anyone who is interested in distribution analysis, this is what I found: 1 @ 1920, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1935 4 @...
Thanks, wxcoin. I'll have a look.
From the apparent size and depth of the pock marks in that coin, I'd say someone was using it as the centre bull of a dart board, perhaps in an...
Sorry, dude. No silver in our toonies (which should have been called doub'loons, IMHO). Actually, no silver in any Canadian circulation coinage...
Okay, back in the days when Canada still used pennies... sorry, that would be 'cents' for Americans, apparently... and after the RCM went to the...
I have a minor collection, all ungraded. I just put away the first and best coins of current issue that come my way in change. I do also have some...
Nice vid! I liked Zappa, he was a weirdly brilliant guy, helping burn the poots away... A little coherent madness in an age of unreason.
What's the word for seeing faces in everyday objects? I seem to never be able to remember that word...
Gotta love headlines... first thing that came to mind when I saw this one was 'who the heck is Reverend Jupiter?'. It is to laugh....
Quick question for a short answer. Looking at all these pictures of ancients it suddenly occurred to me that the production methods for such coins...
Sometimes I am just amazed at the depth of knowledge members here have regarding ancient coins, as well as the modern ones.
I make my living writing. It's not an easy thing to do, and while there are certainly those out there who write stuff just to "fatten their...
If I squint I can say those incidental bumps look a little like 'PMD'. But if I just look where you have indicated I see incidental bumps that...
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