I’ve seen eight others in bronze, which had been given to Champion employees. Granddaddy’s is the only silver one I’ve seen. He was the son of...
At scrap price, I totally would’ve bought that. Cool find.
Gold page… Flowing Hair & Draped Bust silver… Pillar dollar… Lafayette… Hawaiian… Philippine… an Alaska Bingle… now that’s a cool “expanded 7070”!
I've posted this plenty of times before, but here's my maternal grandfather's silver WW2 deployment medal. A kind stranger had it and tracked...
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Does that graffiti say "HAWAIIAN"? It appears to. Which is interesting.
Nice A&R pair!
Ah, cool reverse type!
Amazing! Here's mine. I didn't personally dig it, but it was found in a large hoard in France. [IMG]
Superb finds!
Neat!
Worth the wait, eh? That's quite the sharp strike! PS- quite the poetic thread title, too. I like the sound of it. PPS- what's the "21 Qs." mean?
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Update with NGC results and images. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yeah, the old Josh Tatum story is fun, even if it's just legend. And I would bet you a racketeer nickel that the practice of biting gold coins to...
Some of the many I've found while detecting. Found a few quarters and one half, too, but I don't have pictures of those. [IMG] [IMG]
Just got this as part of a swap this morning. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nope. Said “altered surfaces”. That’s something beyond your run-of-the-mill cleaning. Unfortunately. :(
The Philippine coins, too? Cool. [IMG]
How exciting! I just got word that the only solidus I own is on its way back from NGC. It took four and a half months, which is ridiculous, but...
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