Edit - posted too late. I'll switch. Nice one, @PaddyB!
Just one of those idiosyncrasies, I suppose. Seems like putting dates on coin dies didn't fully catch on until the latter portion of the 17th...
I also once found a grungy Wheat that seemed to be a 1914. In fact, it was. In pretty nice shape, too. Excitingly, there was a little "blip"...
That one is probably a full thaler, while mine is a smaller denomination (quarter-thaler). The thalers had dates while the quarter-thalers like...
Just a picture of the edge would suffice.
OK, yes, I can sort of see what appears to be a tiny curved mark in the blurry photo. Interpreting that as the 9 in the date of a 1941 Canadian...
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I like that Claudius and both Elagabalus pieces, especially the second. They're all nice.
Continuing swords theme. Played this before, but so what. German States (Teutonic Order): silver 1/4-thaler of Grand Master Maximilian of...
Authenticating cast coinage must be a real beast in terms of difficulty. Would be for me, anyway.
Oh, that's right. I do seem to recall reading something about that once. What a strange error.
I have never seen one of those.
June 16, 2018: Update Summary We have had 4 arrivals and 1 departure since last time. Number of coins as of last update: 35 Number of coins as...
(Oh, hi there, @spirityoda - you snuck in while this was still under construction!) [IMG] (Continued) United States: cupronickel 5 cents,...
[IMG] (Continued) Iran (Persia): gold toman of Fath Ali Shah, AH 1233 (1817), Yazd mint [IMG] PCGS MS62; population 4 with none higher as of...
[IMG] Ireland: brass "gunmoney" halfcrown, July, 1690; struck during the Williamite-Jacobite War [IMG] PCGS AU53; population 1 - the only example...
[IMG] England: silver penny of King John, ca. 1213-1215, from the Gisors hoard found in Normandy [IMG] PCGS XF45; population 2 with none higher...
[IMG] Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte; Athena and quadripartite punch, ca. 478-387 BC [IMG] NGC VF; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5. Greece...
[IMG] Lord Marcovan's "Eclectic Box" collection In 2013, I did a major purge of all my coin collections and decided to simplify to just one...
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