Agree on both counts. Maybe a very thin layer of gold on top.
Looks like PMD (post-mint damage) to me.
Nope. That one's just discolored.
*shrugs* Sorry. Clueless here. :(
Love those short-reigns. They fascinate me. Here's the only Florian I've had. Roughish surfaces, but a nice lifelike portrait, in my opinion....
WOW. I mean, all your finds are "wow", but this is a wow among wows. Wonder when you're going to turn over a chunk of sod and see a Pertinax...
^This. [IMG]
Love those big brassy ones with smooth surfaces, and that design is neat. I've never had any kind of river god type, but I like them.
My first was a Henry III as well. Congrats!
Now that's some bang for the buck! Love the patina, surfaces, strike- all of it. That's a lovely little bronze. Going back to the "coin given...
There are lots. They happen to be African. ;) But yes, I know what you meant. Not too many of us Western, English-speaking, coin-collecting...
I see I'm not the only one who included a memento of an African childhood in my Eclectic Box. :) We lived in Tanzania in 1972. I turned 7 years...
Deserving of a thread resurrection. Sorry I overlooked this. I like what you've done here.
These are very common but you did very well for a 20c pick bin grab. Usually the ones you find in pick bins are much more heavily worn and/or...
At a glance, all Chinese. The ones without holes are early 20th century. The cash coins with the square holes might be a bit older. Best I can...
I honestly can't say. I was happy with 64. Obviously, I'm not used to looking at very many Gem BU 320-year-old coins produced on roller dies....
The emperor's new clothes (plastic suit) turned out pretty nicely. Before: [IMG] After: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Sorry, not a big fancy thaler or...
Sorry, wasn't reading the OP properly, where he actually said that in the first sentence. Apparently my eyes skipped right to the pictures.
That one above looks like it already got the Nic-A-Date acid treatment.
Those frames are fun, and display nicely. Nice set. The SLQ caught my eye. PS- I always liked to use proofs for the more modern types, myself....
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