Greece (Mysia, Lampsakos): silver diobol; janiform heads and Athena, ca. 4th-3rd century BC [IMG] Presently uncertified. Additional images on...
I'll use this secondary post for personal commentary later, when I get around to it. I'm trying to catch up on individual writeups for all of my...
Greece (Corinth): silver stater; Pegasus and Athena, ca. 345-307 BC [IMG] NGC AU; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5. Additional images on CollectiveCoin...
No, not particularly valuable, but neat.
[IMG] Wikimedia Commons - public domain Taurokathapsia. There's your fancy word for the day. Say it out loud if you dare. It is a term for...
Greece (Thessaly, Pharkadon): silver hemidrachm; Thessalos restraining bull, ca. 440-400 BC [IMG] Obverse: The hero Thessalos, petasos around...
Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, ca. 478-387 BC [ATTACH] Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, dolphin (partially off flan) swimming...
Both terrific trees. Different styles, but both equally effective and appealing designs, in my opinion.
Let's go with trees. Or colorful toning. Can't seem to make up my mind and stick to a single theme today. LOL [IMG]
I'm unfamiliar with the variety, but agree with @sonlarson that the grade is VG+. I would apply some Vaseline to the coin, then gently remove...
More stars. Oh- and back to the liberty cap thing, too. But keep on with stars. Or trees. [IMG]
Those are so cool, and often beautiful. I've heard of them and seen pictures, but never owned any.
Slowing down the frame speed on the GIF in the OP allows for a better view of the coin but gives it a more herky-jerky, juddery look. I kinda...
There's a star above the campgate on the reverse of this lovely, fully-silvered Constantine the Great Æ3 I swapped away this morning. [IMG]...
The Sasanian GIF looks good. So does your Ecu vid. I've done a few YouTube vids, and on a site like this where you can embed them, that's...
Yes, but considering you got that one for only $8.50, and it too had some soldering, that was a win. ;) Silvering. It too had some SILVERING....
Surprised nobody has posted one of the early 20th century Cuban silver coins with a star yet. I've had lots of 'em, but can't seem to find pictures.
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'Course my feeble first steps into GIF-making are a far cry from a certain somebody else's GIF-fy-licious creations, but you've gotta start...
I only recently learned how to do these short little GIF animations. They're fun. This Constantine I campgate has really nice soldering - NO,...
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