After dinner last night at Spanish friends house (coin collector), we had agreed to look at a selection of the coins we have, so I took a small...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] @nuMRmatist beat me to the post. We own a gift shop next door to our real estate office. On the other side is a language school...
It's getting late here in Spain, can someone help these tired eyes? Going through a box of old cents and this one immediately felt different. It...
The recent posts from @Denis Richard and the responses from some very talented photographers have been fascinating to follow. However, as someone...
On July 5th 1825 the sailing sloop The Restaurasjonen set sail from Stavanger with 52 people on board. She arrived in New York on October 5th. It...
OK, so I left the three coins in 3 separate shot glasses overnight (approx 7 hours). Fotos are loaded below, before and after. The before fotos of...
Okay, as promised, I have posted before and after fotos of the worst affected of the coins. The nickel is obverse only as the reverse had nothing...
Father-in-law had no slabbed coins in his collection, all in cardboard 2x2's or smaller. He stored them in a drawer system as pictured, red felt...
Hi all, I have found this token in only 1 place online. Unfortunately it gives no info other than the price it is selling for. Has anyone come...
I was reading with interest a post and thread about die trails. As the name implies and the accompanying fotos clearly showed, it is obvious what...
Hi all, hope you are all well as can be. This 1923 D peace dollar has a mintmark i would like explained to me. Can someone with experience in...
Until the 1830's Jamaican currency was the Spanish Real (the famous "pieces of eight"). The standard British coinage of the time was then...
Hi everyone. The reverse is showing impressions of the columns and figures on the steps, below the steps to the bottom rim and again, a bit...
Everyones opinion is of course welcome but i think this is a question primarily for @Paddy54 I think this coin favours DDO2 more as the markers...
Thought i would share this as it has the most die polishing lines of any coin i have. Just a few shots here but the entire field of the obverse...
Can someone please explain the surface of this coin to me please. I have done so much reading lately on die deterioration that i have started to...
Hi all. Putting some coins into new floppies this caught my eye. I thought at first it was a minor die crack till i put it under the scope. It...
Under magnification this looks to be a 1968 dime. On the reverse there are what look to be retained die chips on the rim at 7 and 9 0'clock and...
Going through father in laws house this morning now we can travel within the province, was a bit worried because the pool hadn't been filled for...
Can't make out if this is one thing or a combination of things. Triangular area between eye, ear and mouth, all distinct features are gone with a...
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