Yes. It is a silver denarius (edit- nope- a provincial didrachm- see @zumbly's correction below) of the emperor Trajan, who ruled from 98 to 117...
This was my thought as well. Maybe there's die deterioration, too, but those surfaces look acid-edtched to me.
Yep. It's glue. Was stuck to other coins, which is how you get that impression of the reverse on there.
Another (relatively inexpensive) newp from @CircCam. Like the 1853 quarter I recently posted (which also came from him), it's got that nice...
Thanks! Credit should go to me, Robertson Shinnick, rather than to CoinTalk, but it really doesn't matter. Nice looking writeup. Do check out...
*** UPDATE: SWAPPED! *** But you can still have a chance at it! You see, @spirityoda swapped me for this coin- and one other- and they will both...
I like well-circulated Morgan dollars with that look.
Seller called this one VF and had it for $39.96 BIN with free shipping. I pulled the trigger. I personally think it's solid XF. Wonder if it...
Only one in my present possession is this half-sovereign from the Terner collection. [ATTACH] Last full sovereign I had was this 1901-M Aussie,...
Ha! I didn't even notice that, because I wasn't paying attention to the pictures. Yep. What he said- spend 'em.
@Flyd 45 - I moved your posts because you inexplicably posted them in someone else's 12-year-old thread that had absolutely nothing to do with...
@Hamilcar Barca - welcome! Nothing says you have to quit US coins, of course. You can enjoy collecting both. They're very different...
I think it could just be the lighting.
Realistically, i wouldn't think so, due to the condition, unfortunately. Too bad, because it's a pretty neat item, and a bit uncommon.
Nice sleuthing, @spirityoda. That's exactly what it is. How interesting. I'd never seen a repoussé popout Mercury dime before, either. That...
If the bronze ones had been "heavily cleaned", they'd have the same unnaturally orange look a cleaned US cent gets.
I've never heard of fake reichspfennigs. I strongly doubt that's of any concern at all. Nor do I see anything that looks harshly cleaned there....
Even longer than that! 1586 to the present, I think. Which I believe makes them the longest continually-issued coin design in the world. Aha....
Yes, and yes.
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