Nice white coin. Reasonably affordable in 62. I like AU58 and MS62 as the "value" grades in some series. More bang for the buck, as they say.
Interesting. Almost certainly from the late 19th century, I'd say, based upon the style. Though alternately, a circa 1900-1910 date is not...
He is definitely a "he", as I mentioned. White fella of at least middle age (as oh so many of us here are). Beyond that, a lot of the other...
Coingratulations, Chris! Wow... that 3" gold medal must be a sight to behold...
Agreed on both counts. It's a lovely modern bauble, but if I'm going to spend that kind of money on a piece of gold, I could get a cool Roman...
12/21/24: Round 11 has been posted and is now open. We have only one round remaining in the contest after that.
LET ROUND 11 BEGIN! [ATTACH] @Randy Abercrombie gave to thee... A high grade 1896 silver Morgan dollar with dark grey toning. [ATTACH]...
And now, a brief intermission before we go into Round 11. Time for the "comic relief" portion of the program. You will recall Bean, my...
He's on a roll, for sure! :P
There's 4 days left until Christmas, and we've got two rounds left to do after this one. So... TIME FOR THE ROUND 10 DRAWING! [IMG] Our lucky...
Last call for Round 10, if any of you night owls in the US- or overseas folk elsewhere- have not yet posted your entry in this round. After I...
Wow. I would have loved to be there, and witnessed Roman coins coming out of the ground at Vindolanda, about which I have read. Happily, I did...
A fixed-size collection limited to a certain number of pieces is fun- but an extremely difficult challenge sometimes, because you have to drop one...
Nothin’ wrong with that. I like it when someone is enthusiastic enough about a prize to want it for themselves.
Thanks for the update, Randy.
Yes. The older “UNC/BU” terms certainly have not been completely superseded by the newer “MS” terminology- and neither should they be. They...
“Brilliant Uncirculated” is an older, more general term. I believe “Mint State” came about because it more accurately describes the situation for...
This seems to have been a popular theme!
(Or, if you don’t have a specific list of ten clear-cut goals, then your general plan will do.) Since @Croatian Coin Collector recently posted...
I think I might “go ancient” next year, and do Widow’s Mites or late Roman bronzes. That might give a little thrill to some of the more...
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