The only Aelius I've had was this well-worn As in my old 2007-08 novice collection. [IMG]
Congratulations. I've always liked Aelius, for some reason. That's a very handsome array of silver!
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... something is missing. I had to send this in on a separate invoice (with separate invoice fee, separate shipping to and from NGC, and a fee...
Thai paper currency might as well be the dark side of the moon for me, when it comes to knowledge. They're neat looking, though, I'll give you...
As mentioned, it's post-mint damage and not a mint error, but interesting.
Giant holey Byzantine follis I got for 20 bucks. The small size comparison pic shows it next to a dime. [ATTACH]
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Put a hole in one of these little California fractional gold pieces, and you didn’t have much coin left! [ATTACH]
Whew!
They really are trashy.
Probably already is. More bang for the buck cent with my wishing well idea. ;)
Yup.
Exactly. It was heavily scraped, exposing the inner zinc core. Roadkill. :( We'll be kind to you, but something was not kind to that poor...
It's mainly a thing with the 1943 steel cents, which tended to rust. Many got reprocessed (replated), to look better. I can't tell from the pics...
It'll be a while yet before I run out of holey coins. [IMG]
Gold dollars often got holed. [ATTACH]
Speaking of Byzantine holeys… Zeno (emperor of the East, A.D. 476-491). Gold Solidus. Thessalonica, A.D. 476 or later. Pedigreed to the famous...
Agreed, though I don't recall if @Eduard does that much with third-party certification. Are you in Europe, Eduard? (Where did I get that idea?...
Still in flux, with a good bit of stuff (particularly Ancients) off at NGC right now, and images not done on some of my newer US additions, but...
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