He looks rather surprised there.
I don’t have a single favorite. There are some standouts, though. When it comes to my current lineup, this one is very high on my list, and...
Come to think of it, if memory serves, I believe I received this coin from Germania Inferior Numismatics (Netherlands) in a holder like that. PS-...
I’ve seen them- once in a blue moon- but have no idea where one gets them. I thought they’d be a fun thing to use like a business card, if one...
I didn’t know there were Judaea Capta issues in this denomination. Interesting. One doesn’t see an awful lot of semis in the first place,...
There’s always next time, I reckon. ;)
Did somebody say griffins? Love ‘em! :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I’m pretty sure there were, but can’t recall any specific examples off the top of my head. Surely on the gold at least, I would think?
Yes, it’s true. They were the mass-market billboards of the day. A billboard that could fit in one’s pocket, that would be seen by dozens if not...
Congrats. It’s a cool piece.
Kind of you to think so generously. You’ve been so courteous and thoughtful in your time here, I’ve noticed. if you wanted my help running a...
Did I mention I recently started collecting IHC again, but with holes in them? That little cluster you see on my cork board is the beginnings of...
And that’s how it should be. Looks like you’ve got the whole enchilada there. Congrats.
Agreed.
I don’t say that at all. I might say that if the coin had been whizzed or polished or cut, knifed, etc. Mistreated in modern times, in other...
Looks good to me, and the counterstamps, while they reduce its value in the mainstream sense, are interesting and worthy of research. In the...
You are, of course, conservative. I’d go 45 on that. If not even AU. And, even given the passage of 25 years, I’d say your father made a very...
LOVE it! A man after my own holey coin heart. If you use those keys very often, though, that old cent is gonna lose some of its brown patina.
Can’t wait for the time machine to rematerialize, now. Is anybody here near Mt. Sterling, Illinois, to be there to greet it when it does?...
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