Nice stuff, ‘Swimmer. I like gems and minerals. I bought this Labradorite heart at the Orlando FUN show in January, with the intention of...
So now we come to Round 11 in my "Twelve Days of COINmas "contest, meaning there will be eleven coins in the lot, and one round (Round 12)...
Spoiler alert: this will be the last old silver lot in the contest (but not the last round, since we still have Round 12 left to come). Like the...
So now we come to Round 11, meaning there will be eleven coins in the lot. [ATTACH] Lordmarcovan gave to thee... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] (11)...
Let's have another drawing, for Round 10 this time. Our lucky number was 329. [ATTACH] Post #329 was by @PamR, on behalf of @Jersey magic man....
That's one thing I like about Republican coins. They're sort of a bridge between the earlier Hellenistic Greek style and the later Roman style.
Nice! I have examples of neither, though I did have a similar Euboaian piece in the past. The RR denarius reminds me a bit of the double...
This year, a few people on my "nice" list are getting pieces that came out of my personal collection. I've been downsizing a little, and added a...
Definitely someone's ground find. Not pretty to look at, but interesting to think about. Particularly the Saint Augustine provenance. I knew a...
Yep! Good greaser!
Neat lamination, and on a better date coin, to boot!
I'd never heard of Mercari.
I wonder too how pure the silver in the silvering was. If it was alloyed with something (not quite billon, but lower purity), that might account...
I believe it means your coins are going from that second category on the list (grading- or in this case, conservation), to the last (quality...
I'm glad you were up to speed on that. I was utterly clueless on the first three. Recognized the fourth and fifth as late Roman. Did not notice...
Agreed. A very, very slightly misaligned die, but not prominent enough to be worth any kind of premium.
I got this from @GregH in Australia, in the Secret Saturnalia swap over on NumisForums. The letter said: ”Happy Saturnalia! I hope you like...
It could have been some kind of hole punch.
Cool Doily holder Ike. I’m not a collector of the slabs myself, but I sit up and take notice when I see a Doily. Glad you included a Feuchtwanger.
This year they are doing that on NumisForums instead of here.
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