I don’t think there’s any scientific way to determine whether a graffito is ancient or modern? But in most cases, on an ancient gold coin, I would...
This thread really got me to brainstorming. I wouldn’t be ready to drop $5K or whatever on one of those tall snack-style machines, but the...
What did you get?
That’s totally cool. Looks like a regular snack vending machine. I see some US coins in there!
Yes, I agree, it would be fun to own such a machine. And cheaper ancient (or just older) cash coins would be a cool product. Looks like they’re...
I always wanted to get a bubblegum-style vending machine with capsules and stock it with World coins. I’d include a little printed sheet that...
“Cast”, as in modern fakes of some kind? Or legit older Chinese cash coins that were cast?
I often wondered why Nero is the most (or at least one of the most) commonly encountered emperors in available aureii. I’ve seen a lot of...
@Charlie Cliques - want to enter? What’s your prize selection? All I saw in your post was a quote of my original post.
That ‘53 A&R half is another stunner!
@JayAg47 - coingratulations! That’s an important milestone! :woot: Like you, I wanted an aureus for years, but had resigned myself to never...
Nice. I like those short reigns. This is the only Florian I have owned, as part of my first (ca. 2007-08) collection of Roman coins. It of...
Hmm. I’m also very upside-down on this Roman cistophoric tetradrachm of Augustus. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Last year, an ancients dealer gave...
On the flip side, the good news is, I’m finding several pieces in my collection (particularly in the US gold), where I’m invested significantly...
Here’s another one I’m upside-down in. By my reckoning, I’m into it for about $799 after the fees and such. NGC priceguide currently lists it at...
Extra entry post here for @dano, then. Improve your odds a tiny bit. ;)
What’d you get?
That 1848 quarter in particular is sharp.
That ‘46-O is an ideal CircCam!
Randy, our private text conversation about your dime is what inspired me to create this thread. I’m glad you posted it.
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