Looks like Gaelic. LOL My ancestral clan's war cry, by comparison, is Garg 'nuair dhùisgear ("Fierce when roused"). I haven't the foggiest...
While both of those have problems, I like Flying Eagle cents with that look. There's something about that short-lived copper-nickel alloy they...
Congratulations on your virtual inkblot test. It bedeviled me. My first immediate thoughts there were phallic (maybe I should see a doc about...
I had to look that up, but it was interesting.
Interesting. Thanks! A new term for me.
$26.00 delivered to US addresses. Data below is copied and pasted from the NGC (Krause) listing. Germany - Third Reich 5 Reichsmark KM# 83...
At top right, look for a little "Thread Tools" drop-down menu. You should see "Edit Title" as one of the options in there. That's a handsome...
It's just a particular look. A kind of toning. There's not really any way a TPG could quantify or classify it. But it does have a following....
Hey, @McNeil28 - welcome.
It can happen on newer coins as long as they've had time to darken (tone) and then subsequently circulated long enough to rub the toning off the...
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Good to know. I tend to trust it most of the time, because I use it on my cellphone shots of my "crusty" Morgans and it usually makes them look...
iS THAT ... my Caps Lock key on? Is that PVC on the exemplar coin? Eh. Probably just circulation scuz, I guess.
Wow. That's neat. IN GOD IWE TRUST.
Thanks, @panzerman- I knew you were more likely to have some knowledge of this sort of thing. That jewelry setting looks as though it could be...
I like it even more with those pics. As it happened, I had anticipated that somewhat. Here's the original set of images. [IMG] [IMG] And here...
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Welcome! Your Trajan is a handsome denarius, and a very respectable first step into the hobby.
Congrats, @Mark Metzger! That was an awesome outcome. My three coins in the same submission were an utter strikeout, so I'm glad somebody won in...
Combination of deposits and enviro damage (I concur with the "buried in the ground" theory), and yes, likely some planchet quality issues to begin...
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