Iran (Persia): gold toman of Fath-Ali Shah, AH 1233 (1817), Yazd mint [ATTACH] Obverse: inscription in Persian calligraphy within beaded border.*...
OK, yeah, it's a somewhat funky flan, but chalk that one up to "character". My first response was, "Oh! That reverse! Wow!"
United States: silver Draped Bust half dollar, 1806, "Pointed 6, stem through claw" variety [ATTACH] Obverse: draped bust of Liberty, right....
I'm not sure about PVC, but it wouldn't surprise me if that was the verdict, either.
I agree on the colors but would have guessed natural (if rather unappealing) toning.
Likewise. It just looks like a rather blobby "S" to me, and is likely nothing unusual, unless it is some kind of VAM variety. The specialists in...
Great Britain (Chichester, Sussex): copper Conder token ("Chichester Halfpenny"), 1794 [ATTACH] Obverse: facing bust of Queen Elizabeth I with...
I've had this one for three years (goes to show you how far behind I am on my writeups!) But I did pick up a (slightly later) full escudo with...
Spain: gold escudo of Charles IV, 1792-MF, Madrid mint [ATTACH] Obverse: CAROL • IIII • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R • ; bust of Charles IV right;...
Sharp! I wonder what that star by the sword means. I notice my coin and yours have it, while the one @Chris B posted does not. Some kind of...
Spain: gold half-escudo of Ferdinand VI, 1759-JB, Madrid mint [IMG] Obverse: FERDINAND * VI * D * G * ; bust, right, with hair behind neck....
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It's nice to see NGC's True-View-comparable photos are better than the pictures on their cert pages and the ratty "Internet Imaged" photos scans I...
Edit- whoops! Somehow I managed to overlook the title for this thread, huh? Stuff like that happens when I'm reading in "distracted" mode- which...
Swiss Cantons (Zürich): silver "city view" 1/2-thaler (1 gulden of 36 schillings), 1739 [ATTACH] Obverse: MONETA REIPUBLICÆ TIGURINÆ, Oval arms...
In 2006, in a bulk lot of only around 400 Wheat cents, as I recall, I made this find. After it went XF40 at PCGS, that proved to be a $700-ish...
Just one o' dem random hiccups, I reckon. They happen occasionally. My Android device is actin' squirrelly as we speak...
No, I lived in Fernandina in the late 1970s. Last detected there around '95. Love that old watch- it's super cool. So much so that I remember...
True. Reading that thread over there, I think I saw where Wheat Penny Dude mentioned he was just hoarding, and dumping the coins straight into...
Alas, Tardar* Sauce (aka "Grumpy Cat") is no longer with us. She went on to that great litterbox in the sky. Will be immortal on the internet,...
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