I think environmental factors like sulfur have something to do with it much of the time, though I couldn't tell you what specific chemical...
Doesn't look anything like steel to me in those pictures. Not that a 1962-D cent would have anything to do with steel anyway, unless somebody had...
Yes, the coin in the original post is a copper-plated zinc cent with some bubbling of the outer plating, most likely due to corrosion. So it's...
"Rom"? Sounds like "Rûm"! :hilarious:
Has anybody else tried using the lookup feature on that website? I did, and got no results. Mind you, there are no coin dealers in my town or...
*ahem* That would be the Eclectic Box (... of 38! Way more than twenty since last year!) ;) I don't see why @ilmcoins couldn't put a link in his...
Great Britain and Bahrain. [IMG] Thailand and Yugoslavia (the latter doesn't exist anymore as a nation) [IMG] Indonesia and (West) Germany....
Yes, all of the American coins are just face-value pieces ("spenders" rather than "keepers"). The World coins here all of very low value. So...
Thought I'd resurrect this discussion, since I revisited the OP to get pix of that ring. Who else has some more interesting "non-coin" ancient...
Indeed! Nice gift! I gave my Mom an ancient Roman ring with a carved carnelian intaglio featuring a capricorn, since we share that zodiac...
That's a nice one. @Aethelred and I were discussing "monkey" coins recently, over on CoinTalk. He likes monkeys. I was unaware of this type.
I tried it. No coin dealers near me. *sigh* I'm in a "numismatic desert"!
Agreed. BTW, @DBinSV - I like the squirrelly avatar. :beaver:
@Acidic_Freakz - post your own separate thread about it with pictures, so people will be able to help you. Information on your note's date,...
Easy on the sticky posts. LOL. ;) But yeah, I don't see an issue if it's educational. (I only had a very fast peek at it.)
If your site is noncommercial, then I personally don't see an issue with posting a link to it in one of the topical forums. Self-promotion for...
The following is my judgement as a fellow member and not in any official capacity since I'm still merely a baby moderator in diapers. My...
That's a sweet little coin! I didn't realize Gibraltar had issued an "Una & The Lion", but I guess that comes as no big surprise, considering how...
Crazy, Man. Lincoln looks like Skeletor!
Tough call for me. I tend to say it's a strikethrough.
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