great chatch @willieboyd2 I like comparing movie money to the real stuff.
I am not an expert on smoothing vs tooling of Roman Imperial bronze coins. But I do know how to find examples of the coins I am buying (or have...
It is a good day when the mail arrives and needs a signature.
Yes, my wife is knitting that shawl. We are collecting addiction enablers. We attended the NYINC for two years when Vogue Knitting Live New York...
I saw this coin offered in a recent auction and it haunted me. It is a great example of a cast coin: large (at 204 grams it is considered...
congrats, it must be nice to scratch an ancient coin itch at a flea market
If you are going to stray, that is a good coin to pick. The coin was well struck from good dies! As many know, I collect Roman Republican coins,...
Great coin. Symbols sometimes entice me to buy a second (or third) coin from a moneyer I already have. I like anchors. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
My 3 dot Mercury arrived today. The coin in hand is like the seller's pics. It did not see much wear, was struck from good dies for the type and...
I like your tag & coin combo pics. The old artwork is a nice touch too. I like to take combo pics. The coin and bronze shell arrived this week....
Welcome to an interesting hobby and chat. It looks like something attached to your coin, solder maybe? Some folks like to make things with cents....
[ATTACH] Widow's mite.
I am not sure what you paid for this coin, but investing in a small digital scale would be worthwhile. I googled digital scales and found...
Nice coins, can we see the back side of the As? Is it anonymous, or have identification on the reverse? I suspect some here might ID the coin...
for grins, I used your description to find: [ATTACH] is the coin in question? I found this one on acsearch.info. A description of the coin should...
The average condition of my RR bronze coins is lower than my RR silver. I find well worn bronze coins that shill show its major features good...
Keep it there. You do not need to hold that one to see fine details.
I am in the buying and owning group. I have most of the Roman coins I have purchased. The one exception are Widow's Mites that I like to give to...
Welcome @Tyler Miller . I like this coin type because they have one of the best stories to go with an ancient coin. It is interesting that we...
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