Not sure how good it is, but on www.cunninghamexonumia.com you can get large lots of transit tokens for very reasonable amounts. I don't collect...
One day I'm going to get rid of mine except for one...because I still like it.
Yep. When I bought my third slabbed coin I figured out collecting this way was not for me. Think I bought one more after to be sure.
No. Not jealous, I was trying to be helpful. If you do a search for "squeeze job" or "vice job" you'll find tons of examples of coins damaged this...
This is not an error, this was damaged outside of the Mint by someone with a vice or maybe a hammer and twelve cents.
I became interested in pre-1964 U.S. coinage because of the rising price of silver a few years ago. From there, I got interested in other U.S....
Nice score!
I'll play. These two are tied for my most expensive ancient: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I haven't kept very good records of what my tokens cost...but I...
Nice scores and having a fouree of the same coin that your brother has is pretty cool.
I'm not sure if that would help or not. I think it is a very nice looking coin as-is.
Nice score @Ajax !
Very cool coin @Valentinian - the obscurity makes it all the more interesting and portrait coins interest me. I think Doug made a very good...
Looking forward to your articles - I hope you post here when they're up. So did you give up on collecting, taking a break, or something else?
I would love to go to the Token show but I live too far away.
Not a tetradrachm, not a Trajan, not even a contemporary coin, but here's a Melquart: [IMG] Tyre, Phoenica AE25, 12.5g; 12h; 2nd-1st Century BC...
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Maybe related... [IMG] Caesar Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14 Æ24, 8g, 12h; Antioch mint, 4/5 BC. Obv.: AΡXIEΡEI KAIΣAΡ ΣEB; Laureate head right. Rev.:...
Great score!
That sounds fascinating, thanks.
I was reading "The Hellenistic World: Using Coins as Sources" by Peter Thonemann and this is what he does. It's an interesting read. Sorry...not...
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