I'd love to see it in hand-- what a great find and fun coin! I bought the opposite of your coin a week or so ago. chrsmat71: dug through...
:D Fabulous!
That's a cool coin, particularly given its significance to you. Oh, and I'm totally stealing "Unobtainium". :D That's #104 on the Periodic...
I'm with JA, Mikey, Whiz, and Valentinian-- Claudius II. I can make out "...DIVS AVG" on the obverse (note that sloppy engraving on these coins...
I agree that better images are needed (primarily of the presumed Domitian) but I don't see any definitive reason to condemn either coin. I trust...
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Interesting comments and discussion, everyone! Thanks :) I'm not familiar with that type of cabinet. Nevermind. Thanks, Google! Storage is...
No, I don't really have that many I wish were more toned and those will likely take on more toning than I want soon enough. I just wanted to...
Funny, I actually ordered something similar in a recent Amazon binge. It was amusing but I'll give it to a friend's daughter. [IMG]
One reason I posted this thread is that I'm considering making my own coin cabinets and have been debating materials. It is tempting to have one...
Digging your own ancient coins must be so much fun!
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I'm not planning on selling my coins but if I did, and if I'd done something substantial to a coin (other than routine cleaning or unintentional...
It was a bit stressful even though it was just a common coin. I'll probably stick to patination of jewelry items.
I think the high sulfur content of the album and leather effectively accomplished the same thing as LOS in this case.
I agree; I should have checked on this Gordian III long before. It is too garish. Perhaps I'll apply lemon juice and try again :D
Exactly. Unless you have photos of the same coin from different times, who knows when it took on its current appearance. And it is possible to...
Here's a very colorful coin I recently purchased (Selinos litra): [ATTACH] The iridescent toning was seen in the auction photos and I have done...
Thanks. I will edit the post and my files.
No new coins? :(
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