Crazy turrets, there! I don't recall noticing any with windows on Tyche's crown before. Neat coin!
Here is another one I had a few years ago. [ATTACH]
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BTW, this was the Antoninus Pius denarius from my first Roman collection (2007-08). It cost me something like $35-40 at the time. [IMG]
Nice pickup. You may find ancient silver habit-forming. It isn't necessarily all expensive, either. Many of the antoninianii of the middle...
I couldn't figure out why Ladymarcovan kept taking pictures of my gnarly-looking feet as I was attempting to nap yesterday. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Stars, continued, or liberty caps/turbans, if you prefer. [IMG] [IMG]
That detail confused me, too. I think it might have been a mistranslation. He might have meant he's been a student of languages and coins for...
I used to keep one on my Holey Gold Hat, even though it wasn't gold. [IMG] Had a 1789 Spade half-guinea on there, too. That one was the real...
That's a handsome Postumus, in or out of the plastic.
A lot of my sense of humor has not evolved significantly since around the fifth grade or so. :rolleyes:
Yep, you can actually make out the DIVO CLAVDIO legend. Claudius II, not Nigrinian. But looks like an authentic coin.
I had one of those privately-issued Hitler medals mentioned above, and a Stalin piece made by the same people. Since these are modern issues...
This is an early Nazi commemorative. At the time, they still were making coins from quality metals - even some silver like this. But once the...
Not as primal as mine. You actually use tools. :p
Aha. Yes, I did notice the similarity with NGC's white inserts.
1) Find fake mustache outside front doors of hotel. 2) Tie monofilament fishing line to fake mustache. 3) Hide fake mustache beneath coworker's...
Those are not the same thing at all. The counterfeit Chinese slabs we're discussing would be sonically sealed like an actual TPG slab, not just...
Alas, 'tis one of my "bygones" rather than part of my current Eclectic Box lineup. Back when I was sticking to a limit of 20 pieces in my box, I...
These French jetons were sometimes used as gaming pieces or mathematical counters, I believe (jetons in general were, anyway), though perhaps the...
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