I got the same mailing, including an Illinois quarter counterstamped UBI . EST . MEA. A Google search provided the answer to the meaning of that...
Thanks for sharing that. I knew there was stuff the sharp-eyed cherrypickers look for, but couldn't remember all those diagnostics. I'll have to...
@Jeepfreak81 - your Round 9 winnings ship today, December 19th.
I paid $3,565 for my Titus "opening of the Colosseum" elephant aureus, which makes it the second most expensive coin in my collection. (Some...
Nicely preserved! Reminds me of the "Sappho" Fresco from Pompeii. [IMG]
Nicely done.
As mentioned, this is 100% environmental damage. The coin is merely discolored from having been out in the elements or buried in the ground....
I am not so lucky. I shudder to think of what the AU53 in the previous post must have cost. There was a fella on Collectors Universe several...
It actually looks good
Nice. Hand-engraved, and thus likely unique.
Maybe dipped, but doesn't look harshly cleaned.
That was a joke, Cheech. Definitely not good info. Just a wry exaggeration on my part. ;)
They still haven't quite gotten the font right on their fake slabs, I see.
Franklin D. Roosevelt got put on the dime in 1946.
Not Cajun, but Jawjuh Lowcountry. It was probably local shrimp.
:banghead:
Yep. Franklin was in a fire.
I just ate, drank, and got a bill for eighty bucks. Yowch. I drank a Coke. Ladymarcovan had water. That was some pricey fried shrimp. Good,...
So in other words, stuff that EAC people graded VF. PCGS MS65= EAC VF35 LOL ;) I jest. I respect the EAC folk. They're just a tad strict in...
So now we come to Round 10, meaning there will be ten coins in the lot. [ATTACH] Lordmarcovan gave to thee... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] (10)...
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