Here is a hammered sixpence graded as Details AU cleaned. I bought this at a bargain price from Stacks & Bowers. [IMG] Charles I 1638-39 S-2360...
I have been slabbing shipwreck coins for posterity as I'm conscious that on my passing bits of paper will go missing and the slab is verification...
The image isn't quite sharp enough to define an absolute opinion but I have owned George III coins with similar toning. Put them in an old manilla...
My wife is a quilter and she uses a clamped magnifying glass with built in LED's and they work great on a desk so I bought one. I shoot so optics...
Deep diving into the VOC vessel Hollandia. I have a number of coins recovered from the Hollandia. They can be found in remarkably good condition....
SS Tilawa Tragedy - "The Indian Ocean Titanic". These coins turned up this week after an epic journey from the USA via France and as a result of...
Glad to hear that @expat Spanish Customs had me worried for a little while!
Hi Expat Just to let you know your prize landed in Madrid last Monday and has been there ever since. Here is the tracking number in case you can...
That's a great resource @Eric the Red , I took a chance with the book but it would have been far less of a chance had I seen this.
That's quite an accomplishment in under a year and must be very satisfying. Congratulations.
As Cobs go that is a great coin @Eric the Red. I'd take it out of the bezel if it was mine, clear reverse and Assayer. 50 years ago I bought my...
That's an interesting story @Eric the Red and a great coin. What I love about these coins is that they all have stories which didn't end when they...
That's a great image @Kentucky . The Lincoln cent certainly puts the coins into perspective.
Very good point @PaddyB as I only gave it a cursory glance as I thought the OP had identified it. I am curious to know the weight and diameter.
Hi @mopydick at this grade nothing to get excited about $10 on a good day as it is so worn. Therein, other than the fantastic sentimental value...
Thank you @LakeEffect I like your dog emoji. He reminds me of Nipper. [IMG]
To put the Baron's 5000 astounding cures into context, as recorded on this coin, as he adopted his persona in June 1836, assuming the coin was...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] After researching “Professor” Thomas Holloway I discovered John William Smith a.k.a “Baron Spolosco”. He was not successful as...
It was in the Joker's pocket when he fell in the VAT. [IMG]
This one is a couple of years older! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Julius Caesar Denarius. 47-46 BC, mint in Africa. Diademed head of Venus right / CAESAR,...
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