Huh. I didn't know they were slabbing nuclear blasts.
haha - you actually suckered me into looking that one up.
No, it's a guy with a foot fetish.
The style is so incorrect, that I don't think it was meant to deceive. Probably a tourist gift shop trinket?
That's a very nice coin! I had a similar reaction when I first discovered these silphium coins - I wanted to collect a nice example, but whoa...
Kings of Macedon, Philip II (359-336 BC) AE16, 5.7g, 12h Obv.: Head of Apollo right, wearing tainia. Rev.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ; youth on horseback left, N...
Nezak Huns, Spalapati Deva AR Jital, AD 750-850 Obv.: Horseman right holding lance. Rev.: Bull left, Sarada script. Reference: Tye 5. [ATTACH]
Valerian I of Alexandreia Troas AE20; Alexandreia Troas Obv.: IMP LIC VARERIANVS AV; laureate, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rev.: COL AVG; grazing...
What a superb collection you have!
I've traveled through Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile, and many of the locals preferred US dollars. I learned to keep a lot of small bills...
Are those circulating issues? If so, they've come a long way. I traveled through Uruguay in the mid-nineties, and I don't remember much about the...
Super coins, Martin! I also like these Western mint soldiers/standards types. 1. Constantine II Caesar AE3; 2.13g, 18mm, Lugdunum mint. Obv:...
Superb coin, and very entertaining write-up!
The coin I posted at the start arrived a few days ago, and I wasn't disappointed. It may not look like much, but it has some decent qualities. The...
Nice coins, and nice work cleaning them up, as usual!
Very nice coin! That's about the best I can do with black coins as well - tweak the pics until they show the detail, and never mind about the color.
This Claudius II arrived today. I thought it was a decent bargain bin coin - looks to have been struck from fresh dies, and the legends are only...
Great read, Z, thank you. I've over-posted my two coins of S. Severus, so I'm going to hang back and watch. There's no telling how long this...
This Greek silver fraction is pedigreed to a certain Sidney Mygind. I could find no information on the person, other than the fact that the...
When I first joined this forum, I bought up a handful of PCGS PR69 and PR70 coins of various series, so I could compare them in hand. When I...
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