Hi...this is an item I have spent several hours researching, without success. The lack of a reverse image makes that already difficult task quite...
Pawing thru misc silver coinage yesterday, hoping to find some plain stuff to make a quick buck on when the white metal again gets to $30...found...
This was a gift from a friend who had 'invested' in 37 fake iron-core Chinese coins...many Fat-Man & similar others. This was the only large one...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The fellow had to have $4 for the lot. I'm familiar with wheaties, as I grew up with them and...
First, Acetone, like almost every highly volatile solvent, does it's job by dissolving (and thereby absorbing) whatever the unwanted material is...
Here's the first: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223520224830 The second was listed 5 minutes later. Thanks for looking! wlw [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
What little I know about Sanskrit: it's the religious language of Hinduism. And that may well be wrong! What I would like is a translation. This...
~23.9mm diameter, ~8.9mm thick; 15.7grams The soldier is better focused than my pic shows; the clear 'lens' looks to have been poured...that is,...
I've seen this treatment before but didn't pay much attention. Now these two appear in my hoard...I have no recollection of acquisition. Very...
Perhaps Egyptian, or Algerian? I am obviously guessing. ~39.85mm, ~28.1grams, reeded edge. Very skillfully applied pin-back, but it was such a...
~38.75mm, ~27grams (light). Very slightly dished; convex obverse, concave reverse. Does the grain & fine pitting say cast to anyone? Reverse...
~21.70mm Diameter; ~3.2grams, copper. I haven't done any serious research on this, yet. Oops! Krause has a bewildering assortment of...
These two were in a stack of otherwise pretty trashed miscellaneous paper currency. Not that there's anything special about them, but I've looked...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~30.75mm, ~15.7grams Remnant of pendant hoop on rim above date; Obverse: Central male profile left; crescent above 3 stars;...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~34mm, ~19.9grams, special characters around edge, repeated pattern. Someone suggested Moroccan...and rejected Saudi Arabian....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~36.35mm, ~27.50mm, ~23.26mm ~22.7gr, ~9.1gr, ~4.4gr The smallest has been used as a screwdriver to tighten something really...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] ~36mm, ~23grams, reeded edge Persian, I think...but I'm guessing. There's a trio of very similar coins to follow this post....
Something about Krause I'm missing; I've spent some time trying to find this on the NGC site...No Joy. It's the same for the Paper Money site, but...
The most interesting thing about this note (for me) is the Peru 4 Centavo stamp on the reverse. Is it a Revenue stamp, or simply a Postage stamp...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Where to begin...? I have tried to find a Krause number, without success. I assume the mint date is 1955, which commemorates a...
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