Thanks! I’m glad you did. Twelve silvers in a day, huh? That totally smokes my standing record of five. (Which happened as a result of me...
Can’t see your picture, but it’s easy enough to answer the question: it’s gold-plated. This was often done for novelty purposes. The coin has...
(Note to self- look for one of the old Irish sixpence pieces with the wolfhound on ‘em… there might or might not be one in my bulk stash boxes…)...
I have now added all the new additions (previously mentioned) to the Giveaway Gallery page, just in time for the end of the month. So there will...
Regardless of the DNC, that 1883 dollar has lovely toning. I’m much more a fan of subtle pastels like that, as opposed to the heavier, wilder...
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Thank you for that high school flashback. :p
I wonder if the Zeno solidus I’ll be submitting soon will get that label instead of the standard “Corinthian columns” label. It’s kind of neat.
At least it was crossover and not crackout, so you’ve still got the DNCs in their original slabs. Congrats on the others.
Ahh, good on you, @Randy Abercrombie. I wondered how the new member found my giveaway. His daughter now has three entries in the random drawing,...
Good on you, Sal. And I’ll make this post an extra entry in the drawing, so if @Palos1390 ‘s post (#58), your post (#59), or this one (#60) come...
I can do that, but it’s more fun if you see something there you find interesting. Even if you’re a total newbie and just want to learn more about...
Wow!
I’m listening to the Shelby Foote trilogy on audiobook right now. Very gradually, in small bits and pieces. Still in Volume 1.
I did know that. 1861-O halves were struck first under US authority, then by the state of Louisiana (after secession but before it joined the...
I did not know that. I imagined maybe the Mint officials had pulled up stakes after secession and left, taking the bullion with them.
Well, at long last, after coming up short time and time again at auction, I finally won my desired Julius Caesar denarius, for €300 below my max...
I think it was only in New Orleans, but I could be wrong.
Those are great. The Tuscany piastro especially. Love Cosimo’s ruffed collar, there. Imagine having to wear one of those silly things to be...
Cool looking site! Super sharp IHC! Great relics, too.
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