Brian, I was just about to write and say that it is positively a celtic potin based on the "eye" shape where other potins were attached BUT after...
That's amazing! I'll bet they all end up in a museum. I have a mini hoard of these coins,probably the same types they found there. Had to dig deep...
LOL Carl!!:smile 25c?
I like it Bone.I would open up the flip and remove the foreign material though! Mine has a bit more detail but yours has a lot less hits.They...
exactly 410 1 roll of each=10 rolls=400 nickels 1 each for album=10 nickels
You can try here...too many pages for me to go through. http://www.ancientimports.com/cgi-bin/category.pl?id=30&page=1
It is a Merchant's Token.The reverse reads W.J.Davis/Diamond Market. Here is my source...go down the left column to the D's to find it..no pics...
You're lucky,my Barbarian copy looks like a lump of coal.I can't make heads or tails (pun intended) out of it. Fortunately it was free..in...
My theory: Two buddies are sitting on the assembly line.Guy one has the phillys and Guy 2 has the SanFrans.Guy 2 falls asleep and his...
Brian...we love pics!!
The difference in the designs of the Contantine VIII/Basil II coins and those of Romanus III seem to be the cross potent that is worked into the...
Ahh..here is the story: Constantine VIII, 10 January 976 - 11 November 1028 A.D. Joint rule with Basil II (his brother), 10 January 976 - 15...
The dates for Constantine VIII seem to overlap with this guy.I haven't researched it but maybe they were co-rulers for a couple of years?
I'm jealous Bone....especially that 1957 Roosevelt. AU is it?...hehe just kiddin'...nice buy!!!
Nice job on the cleaning bone..I'm way too impatient and would probably have the old hammer and chisel out after two days.:hammer:
VERY nice Deorc..I'm trying to recall if I've ever seen one of those before.....oh...hold on a minute..LOL:odd:
Don't clean it.If you do,your $300 coin will be worth about $30...seriously. By the way,it is silver.
Here's some pics of one...
Here's a good place to find out just about anything about wooden nickels,including a history. http://www.wooden-nickel.net/
Napoleon also had a set of aluminum flatware that was said to be more expensive than gold in the early 19th century..go figure.:rolleyes:
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