After reading the 1st five entries, this blog is all stuff found in change and how many silver rounds are being sold by the US mint. I think they...
Okay, here’s the companion piece for the 1840 Unitarian Peso [see my comment this thread, May 30th]. The Unitarians and the Federalists were...
That has never worked for me. While a US collector I was always treated pretty nastily by the coin dealers, maybe that's why I moved to foreign...
Well, the earlier sestersii were around 28 grams, later declining to 20 grams around the time of Commodus I think. Eventually I think they may...
Thanks, I've gotten fond of large coins. My only heavier one is my Aes Graves As which is 258 grams. This one just beat out my medallion of...
My newest acquisition & sadly, my only ancient so far in 2014! [IMG] Egypt, Ptolemy II (r. 283 - 246 BCE), AE-47, 98.1 grams Supposedly these...
Don't know if these are my favorites but recently picked up the following 2 Latin American coins. [IMG] Argentina Province of Buenos Aires, 8...
well I save them but I guess us older people are too adicted to coins and thus save everything. Right now I think they're just worth around 3...
This is actually a very interesting and important question. As we all know these critters were .925 fine silver and quite large. Don't have the...
Actually I was in Rome & the rest of Italy in 2005. Most of the Roman coins I saw seemed genuine. I'll always regret not buying one of those...
[quote="moneyer12, post: 1260325, member: 28233"]i collect south american coins in general, my brasilian coins date back to 1752........[/quote]...
Hi, I just started collecting Brazilian coins again after a hiatus of about 10 years. I got 4 new ones over a 1 year period from late 2012 to...
Actually my thoughts too. He said the jewler who sold him the coin described it as "very rare" and thought it was Alexander. While not a Greek...
Yes actually I have one of the drachmas with the common obverse (I think it was Helios or something). These are pretty common. The coin my...
Okay here's even one that YOC hasta love.. [IMG] Polish seige Thaler, actually I think these are called fire thalers. Legend says something...
My neighbor (actually 2 houses down) bought & wears a pendant featuring a tetradrachm which has the Rhodian rose reverse. I've not been able to...
with the half dime it appears to have old scoch tape stuck to it. This could be dissolved using acetone. Don't use other chemicals such as...
I like Polish coins [& actually I'm half Polish] unfortunately I haven't been able to afford a Polish coin in some years. This is one of my first...
Interesting that people are buying copper. I have bags of pre 1982 cents as well as bags of wheat ears I got many years ago. My wife wanted me...
Hi Mat, Interesting that we both like the same coins. I've tried to get an aureus of Gallienus although from the details yours looks like a...
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