Thank-you people, for your input. It is much appreciated.
I recently purchased this Greek (?) coin, and I am having trouble identifying it. I am hoping that someone will be able to help me, please? The...
Is there an Ancient Coin collector (specifically) who also collects (New Orleans) Mardi Gras 'Doubloons', (tokens), who may be able to tell me...
@arnoldoe Great find! Brilliant! Thank you. Just what I was hoping for. So Spain, not Turkey.
(@arnoldoe - I think that you are right.) The first coin has 'pellets' around the 'Star'(burst)/Comet, and the 'reverse' appears to my (old) eyes...
I recently purchased a couple of Pontos coins of the 'Star' (or Comet) design, from 130-100 B.C. I am unfamiliar with these coins, and I was...
Trouble is guns printers and stamps all still exist. For how long will they be collected Once they go out of production ?
Has this thought ever occurred to you, as it has to me? Since the advent of screw-on caps on bottles, the 'hobby' of 'Bottle Cap collecting' has...
@Bing You did ask us to choose a 'Favorite'. I went for the Septimus Severus. I have a soft spot for Elephants.
If you take the coin in hand and sit inside a window (to the outside), and hold the coin between both thumbs and forefingers, and 'roll' the coin...
@gsimonel (et. al.) Thank you for your comments. (As advised) I will wait for a month to see if the B.D. returns, and if not I will hit it with...
I had this Sestertius of Commodus which I noticed was showing signs of B.D. (A couple of specks on the 'reverse'.) [ATTACH] After 'scratching at...
@Alegandron I found the 4 inch angle grinder a bit difficult to use, but now I know how to do it properly, I have a quantity of C4 for sale if...
@gsimonel No. The silver (coin) was unaffected by the process. The 'porosity' is down to the photography (totally).
UPDATE!! (Before and after cleaning.) [ATTACH] @Roerbakmix Thank-you (enormously). Next coin to try is [ATTACH]
(Item in yesterday's newspaper) [ATTACH] Reprinted from The Sunday Mail 24/11/2019
Nice. Congrats.
@Bing Thank-you, Bing, for finding those for me. I will check your references out. It seems to me that these coins have large 'variations' with...
I am no expert, but (to my eyes) the detail on the second example of a Fake Sear 1820 that you show is almost an exact copy of your purchase.
Another view. [ATTACH]
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