Greece (Spartan colony in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm, ca. 302-281 BC [IMG] Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing helmet with figure...
@Paddy54 - congrats on finding a decent looking 1851-O 3c silver. That's another on my list for someday.
I finally acquired a coin with a pedigree to the John Quincy Adams collection. I'm supposedly a descendant of the 6th US president, and had been...
I didn’t put enough exclamation points. WOW!!!!!!!!!! There, that’s better. :)
Fish. I’ve got a sturgeon here. [ATTACH] A griffin too, so let’s go there next: griffin.
Indeed. Sad but true. But a tale as old as time. Some things never change.
There have been those bars with tungsten inside, though. Dunno if there have been any gold-plated tungsten coins found.
Interesting idea. Seeing that old Whites ID meter brings back memories. Say, speaking of testing gold, what's going on in your avatar picture?...
I think it's just PMD. Does look kinda interesting, though.
The only one, so far. But it's a valid contrarian viewpoint. To each their own, after all. However, I do I feel somewhat vindicated that the...
I have extended your editing privilege on the original post for a little while, if you would like to change it.
That's a lovely siliqua!
Not an error, but definitely a nice coin roll hunting find. 1934 is the pivotal year beyond which all Lincoln Wheat cents are considered more...
I've always preferred portraiture on my Roman Imperials (and in general), so these smaller bronze denominations have never really happened for me,...
We put an old mattress pad out in our yard dog Teddy's doghouse, to give him something warmer to hunker down in, but it has been dragged out into...
I concur. Except in the spelling of "you're". ;)
RPMs and small die varieties generally do nothing for me, but I've gotta admit, the shift on that D is impressive.
Wow, I hadn't thought about that potential vector for evil. But I guess with often thousands of dollars hinging upon even infinitesimal grade...
I gave the OP a "like" for its informational value. Not because I like what's goin' on there.
Nice patina.
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