I'm sure they delicately sanded down the planed-off side until the weight was just so. (Perhaps allowing for the weight of a tiny drop of epoxy...
Fünfkirchen = Pécs Interesting. I don't speak German, but understand enough to know that "Fünf Kirchen" literally means "five churches". So I...
I recently visited a dealer friend who had a small drawer in his secretary desk for stuff like this. I examined a couple of NGC-bodybagged 1790s...
Definitely worthy of someone's "black cabinet", where it won't be out there causing financial harm to the uninitiated, I suppose.
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The color looks a bit too "golden" to me, but otherwise I confess I'd be clueless here.
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@Zohar444 - I respectfully solicit your opinion on this, since I know you've got the clout in this category. Hypothetically speaking, IF I were...
Oh! Those miniatures are awesome! I had a friend on Collectors Universe discover that one of his pieces was a box thaler.
Yes, the artistic variation on the portraiture is a wonderful thing.
Oh, no- not the ones on that page. Real McCoy. Dude literally wrote the book on cobs.
Hey, if you want a real one ... ;)
They trick inexperienced folks every day. While most souvenir shop tourist replicas like this wouldn't fool a dealer or established collector for...
Aha. Thanks. Corrected it.
Maybe there's time to sell one or two of my US coins, so I can bid.
If you got the Cladking stamp of approval, you've done well, me lad. ;)
Yeah, I need a Hogmouth, so I was browsing coins like that, when I saw this medal.
The nickname? Not to his face, I'd wager!
Just received this via PM: I stand corrected, it would seem. Resume topic.
Very belatedly resuming the story from my last narrative post: (OK, as the Street View photos in the post before this one indicate, there wasn't...
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