Found in a roll today. Probably artificial, right? Doesn't matter though, cost a penny. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
OK, I'll keep my eyes peeled. I wouldn't mind a nice bronze type coin.
Thanks Chris. If you've got any spares of anything, send me a PM. I wasn't so much interested in Armenian coins, but the book only cost $15, and...
Why not? Coin art has been around since coins.
Yeah, I second that advice, based on personal experience. I eventually found my lost tritatemorion, and it hasn't come out of its flip since.
Nice catch, Steve. A simple and charming little coin.
Speaking of books, I recently acquired Paul Bedoukian's Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia. I haven't read it completely yet, but the analysis...
I'm sure the multi-volume editions have a lot of useful information and are worth the money. I have several of the editions from the 80's and...
That's a very attractive presentation. You can include any and all of the coins you define as type pieces, without being constrained by a registry...
All large cities have their dangerous neighborhoods. If it's politically incorrect to say so, then political correctness be damned. The...
Be right back. Master Yoda probably went to look it up. :)
That's really cool if you read it in Walter Cronkite's voice.
The only numismatic history analogous to that of the US cent, to my knowledge, is the history of the Roman small bronzes of the 4th and 5th...
lol Not that the cent is necessary for commerce anymore, but I wonder if you could make an aluminum cent that cost less than a cent to make...
That's all I know - I've seen them posted in the World Coins section. You might want to start a thread there, asking for info.
Well, I happen to like the coin as it is, but here's hoping they clean it up for you, grade it MS63 and you make a nice bundle of money. :)
That last coin is how I imagine Doug (GDJMSP).
That 10 Zlotych coin has an intriguing portrait. Is it a real person, or a personification?
I like the Austrian talers the best. If I had enough disposable income, I'd much rather collect these than all the modern gold in the world.
These Peruvian Sols were re-monetized for use in Guatemala by counterstamping. Notice the legends on the reverse stamp: REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA //...
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