OK,you guys have convinced me.From now on the anonymous "yahoo" will be known as E.L.W...the knife guy....and I'm sure he's in Heaven....
Actually Becky,you could still find steel cents in circulation in the early 60's and I remember finding a few myself.Of course I lived in Germany...
The coin looks pretty good bone but the table looks like it has a few hairlines and bag marks on it so I'm giving it a G25.. :D
For some reason,Roman Emperors liked to issue silver denari featuring their wives,mothers and sisters.Maybe they wanted to be seen as...
Oh yeah GOLD,I forgot,but who can afford ancient ones? hehe ;)
Perhaps I should have been a bit more specific.When I mention AU-UNC condition,I really mean the amount of surface wear but I agree that the coins...
The odds of receiving a 70 on a proof coin are actually pretty good compared to mint coins,which is nearly impossible.I think the 100 to one may...
I've been looking at maps of Italy bone,and I can't find that town.do you mean Ebaissi?
rambozo, The silver sets are proofs..the satin sets are UNC mint,so there will be no silver satins.
bonedigger, Which ones are you still missing? I have a bust half that is pretty good on the obv. and has two apparent die flaws on the rev.above...
I found this on my dresser.I'll let you know if I find anything. :D
I have a question,were all of the 1996W dimes released with this packaging inside the mint set or did the Mint also sell just the dime by itself?...
Ruinz, Most large cents have some die rotation but Becky is right,yours is a token,not a coin
Congratulations bigd, Of course you may remember that I told you it was positively the real thing...For sure...I'm NOT lying..go back and read my...
invrep, Did you lose the bet?..LOL
Krasnaya, I think you're correct and that these coins were stored in a good environment,probably in large hoards that kept them fresh,and...
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Is it possible for 1,800 year old coins to remain in essentially the same condition that they were in the day they were minted? Yes it is.I have...
I had seen this medal online several times and wished I could get one to go with my 1892-93 Columbian Exposition Commems.Today at the coin...
cobra, I'm not sure you conclusion is correct.The Vikings did mint their own coins,sometimes with runic characters and designs,and in the case of...
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