I've been adding some modest-but-fun Ancients to my Pick Bin, from which most of my giveaway prizes are drawn. (Allow that link up to five seconds...
LordM & Friends CoinTalk Giveaway #40 This contest is now CLOSED. Winners were announced in Post #84 and subsequent. Brought to you by Bean,...
I guess you could say I'm as mad as a hatter over this latest purchase. I've always loved the mid-19th century tokens that mimicked the reverses...
[IMG] Ex- @Ken Dorney:Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometer, 2nd Sole reign, 163 - 145 BC Silver didrachm, Cyprus Mint, 21mm, 6.64...
Update: contest is now CLOSED. Winners announced in Post #36 and subsequent. I'm giving away five more sets of my elongated coins. I will draw...
LordM & Friends CoinTalk Giveaway #38 [ATTACH] Brought to you by Arte the Cat Update: this contest is now CLOSED. Winners announced in Post...
For a mere €15 ($16.31 USD), I just couldn't resist this handsome little 2nd century bronze featuring Asclepius, who seems quite appropriate in...
I love this particular Conder token type (D&H 15 Sussex Chichester). The obverse features "Good Queen Bess" (Elizabeth I), while the reverse...
This one had been in one of my retail watchlists for a year or so. With a little stimulus money to splurge, I said "why not?" and finally pulled...
Thanks, @CircCam! Mmm. Dark n' crusty in all the right ways, if you ask me. Common date, modest grade, but still... sweet. [IMG] Guess the...
No, "spitzgroschen" is not an unsanitary practice that will get you quarantined. It is in fact an interesting early-dated coin. In this case,...
LordM & Friends CoinTalk Giveaway #37 Deadline for entries: midnight Eastern US time, Tuesday, March 31, 2020 [ATTACH] Hi, everybody, and...
Coin 1: Roman Empire, silver denarius of Julia Mamaea, circa 222-235 AD XF, some light cabinet toning. [ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, Issue by Severus...
Julia Domna... Julia Mamaea... Julia Paula, etc. (Did I forget one?) This Julia Mamaea/Felicitas denarius was a recent acquisition from @Ken...
I often like how the copper-nickel alloy used in the 1856-1864 US Flying Eagle and Indian cents toned over time. The Flyer cent below is the last...
If all the abbreviations and acronyms in the title were too much, just see the picture(s). ;) Browning-10, R3, I've been told. Ex-DLRC. Sell...
[IMG] February 26, 2020 So what is an "eclectic box"? It is a completely freestyle collection, abandoning the traditional structure of "sets"...
This modern Chinese 10-yuan commemorative from the Auspicious Culture series ("Longevity") charmed me the first time I saw one a year or so ago,...
The emperor's new clothes (plastic suit) turned out pretty nicely. Before: [IMG] After: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Sorry, not a big fancy thaler or...
I'd call this one a win. :) [IMG] [IMG]
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