Glad you're back- and better. I just recovered from pneumonia, but it was nowhere near as serious as what you went through. Sounds scary!
This is what a dime with an actual missing clad layer should look like. Red-brown exposed (inner) copper core on one side, whitish original...
Looks good. I like the With Rays type, and have fond memories of the 7070 album. I took the liberty of fixing the image in your original post so...
No. They're merely discolored (environmental damage).
Italy (Venice): silver grosso of Antonio Venier, ca. 1382-1400 This piece had some nice cabinet toning which was not fully captured in the...
German States (Mecklenburg-Wismar): silver witten, struck after the Wendish Coinage Union of 1379 A mad cow, wearing a crown and sticking out its...
Croatia (Ragusa): silver grosso portraying St. Blasius and Christ, ca. 1372-1438 (PCGS XF40) I affectionally referred to this as my "Hippie...
Crusader States (Cyprus): silver gros of Hugo IV, ca. 1324-1359 The toning was the major selling point on this one, but extra points were...
England: silver penny of Edward I "Longshanks", ca. 1300-1310, London mint My personal metal detecting find, dug in a farm field in the Tendring...
Good on you, ‘Swimmer.
Here’s another slippery matter of numismatic nomenclature. Generally speaking, most people consider coins struck during the first five centuries...
It’s a fair question. I personally draw the line at the fall of the Western Roman empire in 476 AD, as I think many folks do. But that may not...
I just checked. My $10 Lib type coin is also a PCGS MS63+ with the CAC “green bean”, as it happens. I’ve since had PCGS shoot TrueView images of...
I found one of those Green River Whiskey tokens- just like that- under an old tree while metal detecting once. It is circa 1935, I believe?...
From the Collectors Universe site. I’ve told folks over there that I’ll post an entry here on CT for those CU folks who are unable to do so...
I think "LCS" in the original post refers to "local coin shop", so I'd say likely yes.
Nice toning. I'm having a hard time interpreting that critter as a lion.
I concur with this. AU details, cleaned. Sharp, though!
... double the weaponry, too!
Agreed. Fun find. Heck, I've gone through tens of thousands of World coins in bulk lots, and do not recall ever finding one from Djibouti....
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