*Confusingly, on the flipside of that equation, the coin we Americans have always referred to as a penny is technically a cent, since it has been...
King George halfpennies, not half cents. There's a difference, you see. Cents are decimal coins. The Brits didn't go decimal until 1970. ;) I...
I agree with this. I usually leave the supergrades (i.e., 66 and above) up to the professional third-party grading services. If that were mine,...
Very nice find. Back in my diggin' days, I used to envy you folks up North. Edit to add: for a dug copper, that one survived in relatively nice...
I agree. Very exciting find.
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Since we're at 1781 or Germany (or Saxe-Hildburghausen), I'll play from 1781, since it gives me an opportunity to post one of the newps I recently...
Sometimes with the smaller or more arcane polities, like if I posted a coin from the Swiss Canton of Zurich, for example, it’s OK to just consider...
If that doesn’t cover the question posed by this discussion topic, I don’t know what will!
Don’t feel bad- you’re not the first person to somehow accidentally wander into my personal collection and select one of the coins there as a...
Yes, that’s the sort of thing I had in mind, though the coin on the purse more resembles a conventional cob to me.
I agree- India- but that's as far as I can say. You'll need someone more knowledgeable to properly pin down the attribution.
That's a cool cob. I don't see a heart shape, but it's nice nonetheless. I have seen a few with heart- and teardrop-shaped flans.
Haven't seen it. Sounds interesting.
Not bad at all, especially for 30 bucks.
Boom! Thanks, pardner! I knew somebody could do it!
That is just how I like my Peace dollars: full white with blazing luster. It's a beauty. 10 from me. Super clean fields. That one might be...
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