Moving on back from there, to 1806. When I added this coin to the Registry, I discovered that it is in fact CAC verified. I did not know this,...
This 1808 is not a US coin, but it was legal tender in the United States at that time. [ATTACH]
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I know I had an 1812 half, too, but can’t find any pix of it. :( Edit: aha. Here’s one. Not the one I had in mind, but it’ll do. (I vaguely...
Here’s 1813. [ATTACH]
It’s not a coin- and not mine. ;) But yes, impressive. I’ve always thought those cathedral medals are.
While I can’t say for sure (wait for a much more experienced opinion), I will say that I do not see any obvious red flags there. Looks OK to me.
Welcome. Your best bet would be to post it in its own new topic, with clear pictures of both sides. Without pictures, nobody will be able to say...
More, from the “used to be mine” archives: Medieval Croatia (Ragusa): silver grosso portraying St. Blasius and Christ, ca. 1372-1438 (Saint...
Bishop Udalschalck von Eschenlohe [ATTACH] Saint John the Baptist [ATTACH] Saint George [ATTACH] Saint-Gaudens [ATTACH] Lord Buddha [ATTACH]
I don’t have any one “dream coin” in particular, but this was my first aureus, purchased after decades of dreaming of one (and assuming I’d never...
This has definitely turned out to be one of the more bizarre thread resurrections. :rolleyes:
Planchet= coin blank. Planchette= Ouija board doohickey (as mentioned).
Exactly. The point is that (like this necro thread), it’s old news that nobody cares much about anymore. (Now watch me be wrong- LOL).
And trying to start an argument in a nearly six-year-old thread doesn’t make you look a whole lot better. ;) It’s kind of like lobbying for or...
Adopt me into your family. I promise to be suitably stirred. ;)
Wow!!!
It so happens that he periodically sends me some to redistribute (even though he covers his tracks well and to this day, I do not know who he is)....
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Yep, the business strikes are definitely shiny. But not reflective in the same way a proof would be.
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