Thanks for the information! Very interesting, especially the reaction of the Italian mint officials.
Considering how often claimants to the throne met untimely deaths, all them were "sticking their necks out" to declare themselves emperors. Maybe...
What is this? I haven't been to Europe since 2002, and we find very few Euro coins here in the Deep South. (Once while bicycling I found a few...
I collect because I love history, and there is a lot of it in US Fractional Currency. Plus, it is affordable. Unless you are into specimen...
Entry Post. Super prizes! Thanks. My order: 3 4 6 1 2 5 I find this note interesting. The portrait is of Spencer M. Clark, Superintendent of...
The Declaration of Independence is in terribly shape. I have 18th Century parchments and Continental Currency (paper, of course) made or signed...
I've had plenty like this. I find them along the road when I ride my bicycle. When they are too deformed to use as money, sometimes I will...
It's still a nice example, and I'd put it in a 2x2 and keep it.
I'm sure you meant a clear flip. Never, ever put any coin in a vinyl holder of any sort unless you want to permanently damage the coin. I...
In weighing a coin like that, how much would you allow for the hole? There appears to be metal missing, not just pushed aside.
Hope you find an answer!
If they were all PR70 DCAM or MS70 and there were enough of them, they could easily be worth that much. I wouldn't advise investing in them for...
My coin is a dog when it comes to condition, but the animal is a hippo from Alexandria under Claudius, AD41-42. Bronze, 25 mm.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Have you checked eBay? Now that you have brought this up there will probably be lots of them show up having been "hidden" in China. More...
I'm not an expert by any stretch, but it looks to me that this is struck from a very worn obverse die, which accounts for everything you mention....
Entry Post. My accidental eBay purchase several years ago. It was at a very low bid and I thought it would go much higher, so I bid what I...
Tip of the hat to the TPGs! It would also not be bad publicity for the manufacturer of the safe if we knew who made it.
Don't use acetone to clean the smell out of food jars like pickles and peanut butter. I had some coins soaking in a very clean peanut butter jar...
Guess anything between 1880 and 1889 and you have at least a 10% chance of being right. Any or even all of the apparent marks in the last digit...
Is this the technical term the Carthaginians used for this design feature? :)
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