Ancient Greek, not Roman, though these coins were struck in Italy (in what was a Greek colony at the time). That looks like an older setting,...
Nice Nerva! What's the bigger piece on the bottom?
Ah, but I'll bet few have a private pub that's so nice. I'm a teetotaler who's never had a drink in his life, but hey- I like that. Really nice...
That is nice color, even if the spelling/typing ain't so great.
I'd say VF30-35, personally. I'd want to see more detail in Liberty's hair curls for an XF40. Handsome enough coin, though.
Nope. It's got a Denver mintmark, for starters. A proof would have an "S" (San Francisco).
Other selected pictorials from my first LT collection, which never got individual writeups: [IMG] (All three of my initials on this one - in...
Nice work, @Randy Abercrombie! Very much in keeping with the 19th century style, too. Here are just a few of my past pictorials, below. Can...
The Salvador Dali museum might buy that, to go with his clocks. [IMG]
And @AncientJoe's, too! *
PS- they're mighty fun to dig up, too. Even when they're not in that great a shape, I do love poppin' 'em out of the ground. :) 2007-12-15...
Welcome! I agree with all the positive commentary above. It sounds like you've got the right attitude, and while a midgrade 1903 Indian cent is...
Congrats, ACH!
@Phantomblurrgaming - as a new member, your first few posts on the forums require moderator review before they are publicly visible. This...
Love that Mainz 3-thaler! The klippe is cool, too. (Heck, they're all neat.)
You already know my opinion of that one. ;)
Quite a nice example.
Yes. As @Blissskr indicated, Blue Book is average wholesale (dealer) price, while Red Book is retail (collector) price.
I'm not an error/variety collector, though I do have one or two in my collection. Best to ask that on the Errors board.
@Curtisimo - did we get a winner when things stalled at 1639? I propose that even if @panzerman won, we should play on, prize or not. I actually...
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