PS- here are some links for you: Link #1 Link #2 (which is also linked from the first page above)
I agree that it seems to be a modern Chinese counterfeit, as mentioned. I strongly suspect that it is not silver- the color doesn't look quite...
Dunno if it's the same person, but an E.B. Strickland comes up in some articles about Civil War tokens. That may be purely coincidental (since...
I'm clueless on Sheldon varieties (except for 1798 S-166, from experience- which that one ain't.) I will say that I always enjoy looking at early...
I see one of those coins on the confusing "AU58/MS63 slider divide", which could go either way. I'm gonna give it the benefit of the doubt and...
I would imagine these are primarily used as wedding party favors, though it would be fun to make some up. I see a fair amount of wedding swag...
No, nothing out of the ordinary there, though "beauty" is an apt term, since it is fairly attractive for a 52-year-old cent, if you found that in...
I agree with @spirityoda. Not because I know doodley-squat about Thai bullet money, but I've seen stuff like this out there, is all. (Edit: "out...
I agree, though I suppose it could also be a dryer coin in the early stages. Note the thickening of the rim. "Spooning" and machine damage like...
Dougmeister went the colored font route, in addition to saying "thanks", so that got a like. :)
Thanks, @MontCollector - that is kind of you. Anybody is welcome to do this if they don't necessarily want the prize. Anybody may enter and win...
Hmm. Your edit option must have timed out. Edits are usually only possible within the first 24 hours or so. No big deal. It's a simple typo....
I was six and half and living in Tanzania in 1972. Had my seventh birthday over there in December of that year. One of these was my weekly...
Now THAT one's got silver in it, the way any self-respecting piggy bank book should!
PS- I like how it's a dime book with "Peter Penny" insde. I guess "Davey Dime" had the day off. :p
Thanks. I knew it was Southern. :)
Glad you're putting that to good use. Without taking any from my detector finds album, I didn't have any Merc dimes to stick in it. You'd better...
@PlanoSteve & @TIF - I'm totally on board with the philosophy on @PlanoSteve's coffee mug avatar. In fact, I think I will do that very soon. We...
Then there's Claudius II "Gothicus", of course. [ATTACH]
If anyone else mentioned this, I overlooked it: with a username like @Clavdivs, it seems rather mandatory that you add a coin of that emperor,...
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