A lot of our past winners in these drawings have said that before the random number generator smiled upon them. If you think about it, most of...
Question: would this coin in the OP be considered bronze or orichalcum? I put “bronze” in the description because it has that brown color, at...
My late detecting buddy, Tim Buck, who lived up in the Northeast, used to find some really cool stuff. But he was always very understated and...
I'll go 64 as well. But I voted "PL" in the poll on a whim, because it looks like there's a possibility of that, though I'd really want to see...
I'll be contrarian and say MS62. Downgraded my initial MS63 impression due to the mark on Liberty's neck. I do see the rub on the eagle's breast...
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Man, that's an oldie. The Littleton envelope, I mean. Looks '60s-early-'70s vintage. Neat. (Both the coin and the packaging.)
I like those squares. Here's a 1901 Straits set which was part of the 1901 British Empire Victorian type set I built for my daughter (also named...
OK, since we're continuing with multiple portraits... Nabatean Kingdom:bronze Æ15 of Aretas IV & Shuqailat; twin busts/crossed cornucopias,...
This should help. It isn't ideal, but is helpful with the basics. It displays the top grades first. Scroll to the left for the lower grades....
Well, this thread wasn’t always Sleepytown. ;)
BTW, since you axed... I do not own any ancient labrys coins, but I just acquired a large bulk lot of World coins that’s very heavy on...
Another fun writeup, with a snappy title, to boot! That latter term always makes me chuckle inwardly. Makes me think of some fella who's...
This Justinian tremissis is not only my sole Byzantine gold piece but also happens to be the only Byzantine coin at all in my present ownership....
Or IS it? ;)
Thank you for not duplicating that email address in the quote and giving me twice as much to edit.
Ah yes. I forgot to take into account stuff like those IHC patterns and/or impaired/circulated pieces.
The legitimate Morgan patterns from the 19th century are indeed elusive and expensive. Like four-figure expensive, if not five- or maybe even...
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