This is a free extra entry for @masterswimmer, since ... well... since I've decided I like him, and for no other reason in particular. This means...
Excellent.
This is me, pretty much. I collect what I like, and am not really hung up on relative rarity, though that information is always nice to have. I...
This was a fun international surprise package which just up and appeared out of the blue in my mailbox one day. [IMG] The letter inside proved...
Not sure I posted this one to this thread. Germany (Nuremberg): silver medal by Daniel Dockler the Younger, 1730; bicentennial of the Augsburg...
@Kasia- since this contest has wrapped up, I'm locking it to further replies, like I now do with all the contests that have been closed for a...
No premium over face value, but kind of interesting. Fun find, I guess, if you're into that sort of thing. At one cent, the price was right!
Not always. I will agree that that's often the case. But not every time.
Welcome. I see nothing unusual here aside from the yellowish discoloration. Though this would technically be environmental "damage" like...
What is there about it that seems odd to you? Nothing about it seems at all unusual to me, though I'll admit I do not collect modern...
Before anyone else jumps in to say it, you'll really need to post full pictures of the whole coin.
I stand corrected. The strike is weak, because of being struck through grease, but I think I get the distinction you're making, since it's more...
That is a good question, to which I do not have a satisfactory answer, except that "heads" and "tails" are kind of a colloquial usage (i.e., slang).
Though it strays a bit off the topic of 1865 and the Civil War, I'd love to see that MS66 BN large cent. Those were still in many people's...
Oh, having fired that .58 caliber musket at a Coke can with a Minié ball round in it (blew the can in half), I will say that firepower was not...
It just so happens it was the President and CEO of Southeastern Grocers (Winn-Dixie) that I had in my car this morning, though I did not know it...
You could leave a coin exposed on a windowsill in direct sunlight for a long period of time and something like this could result, sometimes....
That's a fun little fringe benefit.
Here is a mention of the event from a journal written at the time. Neat medal, BTW. Nice for a dug example. PS- that's an interesting looking...
Googling "first international gold mining convention" (in quotation marks for more specific results), I found one that sold for $55 here. Another...
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