Well, the ancients used two dies and pre-crafted planchets. Roller dies were something of a parallel side road, I guess.
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I knew folks would imagine all kinds of designs into that blank reverse. Pareidolia. We see it all the time with the people who are convinced...
BINGO!!! Winner, winner, chicken dinner! I believe it to be a ca. late-1600s to 1700s copper or billon uniface pfennig from Hamburg. But I have...
Ahhh, but see, this isn't an ancient. I think it was struck in the 17th or more likely 18th century, but I haven't nailed that down just yet. I...
Now, ask yourself what part of Europe where small uniface minor coins were struck in copper, (or coppery billon) and you're just about caught up...
Yes, because that's the only side there is! It is uniface!
Not unless someone slipped a controlled substance into your coffee.
@roman99 has seen through my ruse and recognized the twist. I turned the picture upside-down. Sure looked like a tetrastyle temple before,...
I only said the coin was old, not ancient. ;) (But since this is the Ancients forum, you can't be blamed for making that assumption. I was...
This is a real ID challenge- not a prank. Well, sort of. There is one small pranksterish twist at play. More on that later. It is to the best...
Can't believe I've stumped all of you. But I set out to try, so...
It was almost certainly struck on the European continent.
*whew* Was worried the giveaway goodies weren't suitably tempting for you to enter, after seeing them. But if they sent you Wikipedia-surfing,...
Not Philadelphia. You might be right to be skeptical, though. ;)
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