[ATTACH][ATTACH] 80mm; 166.2gm #4...I saved the best for last. The obverse is very slightly concave, and the portrait is magnificent IMO. The...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] 63.75mm; 112.2gm #3 of 4 Flea Market finds... This is in excellent condition, and appears to be silver. I'm puzzled about the...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] 50.6mm; 51.4gm #2 of 4 from the Flea Market. This shows some rim damage, as from being gripped in a vise with serrated...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] 30.76mm; 13.2gm I attended a local annual Flea Market yesterday, and bought many exonumic(?) items, mostly from one vendor....
[ATTACH][ATTACH] ~58.75mm; 114.3gm. Not a mark of provenance on it anywhere. Alloy unknown, but high silver content suspected. More as it...
DEAL! I agree, and have a great example for openers.
To hear is to obey, Sahib. Thank you. And now I've got the straight scoop! Very well done, and sincere thanks for your exhaustive efforts! That...
So: DDO would be Double Die Overstrike; Philly was the responsible mint; there are a variety of these DDO's to be aware of. Next stop:...
Thanks, Dusty; that's just the kind of help I was hoping for...Great Pic!
OK: A warm water soak, dry, then xylene. I don't have any, so it's tomorrow. Wikipedia says xylene is practically insoluble in water. We...
Scroungy 1943-S Walking Liberty Half [ATTACH][ATTACH] OK: The reverse has only the issue of red paint...apparently this was a 'bar-coin' at one...
English Penny, after cleaning. I understand what little I do about chemistry from fifty years of practical experimentation, and a wee bit of...
So: It's Chinese. Is that to say it's real, in the sense of 'not fraudulent'?
What a stunning bit of historical arcana! It's heart-warming to see that some folks have the time and intellect to pursue such lightly traveled...
1948 English George VI penny: glued reverse [ATTACH][ATTACH] "I also have a couple older British pennies that were sloppily glued into an...
Iron Coin Tree: Details [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Hard for me to get decent oblique lighting on these...the sun has gone away again....
I had the idea they were woodcuts...but it's of no particular significance: they're magnificent, and do so much to intensify the text. Genius on...
Dante Alighieri high relief plaque [ATTACH][ATTACH] I'm at risk here, as I don't know this piece qualifies as Exonumia. If not, my apology, and...
Great...Now I gotta learn to spot a doubled die! Obverse or reverse? What mint? Where does the condition show most obviously? Thanks, though...
Very good...this answers pretty well the question I just posted in a new thread. Makes sense and will ease the labor. Thanks a lot!
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