Buy an inexpensive proof cent sometime. (If I had any lying around, I'd send you one, but I don't. You can get one for a buck or two.) Compare...
For a so-called "junk box" coin, it's quite handsome.
Like you, I wouldn't expect it's gold (though that would sure be nice). But it's certainly handsome.
Well, OK, but I still don't understand these particular pieces. Don't get me wrong - they're cool today and all - but I fail to grasp what...
Two points is a pretty nice upgrade, and I'm happy to have the TrueView. This is another one of those where the plastic cost me more than the...
Hmmm... how about now?
I'd call this one a win. :) [IMG] [IMG]
They're a pattern, but why they were made I do not know. Who uses obsolete designs in patterns? Patterns are supposed to be about the future,...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153835409466 $1 start, no reserve, free shipping to US. If it hadn't been made into a love token, this would have been...
It's lovely.
It looks like a lamination to me. These are very, very common on Wartime nickels because of the problems they had with the alloy. Some of the...
It's a medal. As to what it was all about, it says it all, right there in English. (And Armenian.)
File adjustment marks are not uncommon on 18th century coins (so for US coins, that means the very earliest). But Indian cents are a bit late...
No. Really. I'm quite green with ancients. I'd call myself a pretty well-rounded numismatist in general, but I'm in the lower-intermediate tier...
I've been thinking about Spanish 8-maravedis coins from the early 19th century. They range around 28-30 mm but are a bit lighter- mostly around...
Or stupidheros...
And then I wake up from that beautiful dream and have a look around. *sigh*
Tantalizing. An inkblot test in metallic form. I've had sessions like this over a few coins I've dug while detecting. I once tentatively...
I'll go ahead and predict that undoubtedly I will go on to always have short disappearances of up to a week or two in duration, every once in a...
Even Barbers are technically "Liberty quarters". Some old-school albums call them "Liberty Head Quarters". When you have the Seated Liberties...
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