Funny, I thought I had already posted this recent newp here. Sasanian Empire. Khusro II AR Drachm / Fire Altar [IMG] Attribution: Mitchiner A. &...
No, don't ever clean that crustiness! That's dirty in the right way! Who is/was the Dirty Gold Guy over on CU? RYK, I think.
Ah, sorry. I hope the passing was as easy as possible for him and for your family.
Yard sale find? The steel cents were reprocessed, but who cares.
I totally agree. I bought one of those for $160-something in the late 1990s, when bullion was cheap. Though I knew it was a restrike, I couldn't...
Yes, they have other ancient coins (many overpriced), but these little gold blobs are nice and cheap. And on sale, as of this post.
Consistent look and a focus on CircCam contrast over Mint State. That's exactly the strategy I have with my "Greysilver" Morgan dollar album,...
Hmm. All these broad flans with those wide borders really make my trimmed example stick out like a sore thumb. Eh, oh, well. I still like...
Sounds like a reasonable theory to me. Meh. That one doesn't have as much eye appeal as far as I'm concerned. I don't hate it, but don't love...
Wore the whole outfit into a Mexican restaurant once. Got a dab of refried beans on the vest and one or two of the coins. The coins didn't care,...
You can do that yourself. (LordM rummages inside his hat) Aha! Here, take this magic lamp. Rub the lamp briskly and intone the name of the...
I have often wondered that myself. Even with my Mighty, Omniscient, Herculean, Olympian tiny, inexperienced, and incomplete new mod powers, I am...
Me too. That was bizarro. Wasn't me. So now I just deleted my first and only Best Answer. *snif*
Whaaa? No! LOL In fact, that's not only my first "Best Answer", but the first time I've even seen that feature used! Looks trippy, with that...
(Belated LOL @randygecki's montage) :hilarious:
It is a totally understandable urge.
Yeah, I didn't pick up on anything unusual but the smoothed fields, and not even that at first glance.
Thanks. Yeah, it makes me wish I had been pickier about photos (and a better archivist) 5+ years ago.
Yeah, I know. @Deus Ex Machina - sorry we've drifted rather far from your original topic. ;)
Oh, well. A circ '36 Buffnick is a cheapo, at least. I still think it's cool looking, even if (smoothed?). Weird.
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