A well known name in numismatics, for sure. Hats off. The older generation from the "golden era of numismatics" gradually leaves us. Time for...
[IMG] (NGC MS63 BN)
And a pre-coronation image of Edward VII and Alexandra!
Thanks for the compliment, but don't feel like you have to "abstain outta respect". If I had a problem givin' stuff away, I wouldn't do it,...
Now, I said "One winner takes all", and that is certainly the case for the items above (Ye "Big Bag o' Tokens" & Ten-Trillion Z$). However, there...
Update: this giveaway has CLOSED for entries, now. Please see the link in my signature line for the current giveaway. Hi, and Happy February!...
Here's the fun but slightly mysterious freebie @TheRed sent me last month (thanks!) :) I'm assuming it is a Long Cross penny. Edward I or later?...
Speaking of Coin A, which @Aethelred now owns, it fetched an AU55 grade at PCGS when I submitted it a few years back. I expect more along the...
As I sort of expected, Coin A crushed Coin B in the poll, though by a wider margin than I anticipated, given the hoard provenance of Coin B and...
If CNG says it's from the hoard, that's good enough for me. I don't know what kind of documentation will come with it, beyond the invoice.
@pirgah - sorry, you just tried to enter after this had already closed. But stay tuned- I'll get February's giveaway up and running in the next...
I agree!
That Hong Kong 50c is very handsome! Ditto that 1840 rupee! Both with the look I like in circulated silver! (Note my Cyprus 18P above, which,...
I wanna go! Take a big steamer trunk with airholes in it, and leave plenty of extra room inside. Pack some food and water and an empty bottle in...
Ooh! A legionary denarius! I just bid on one of those mere seconds ago!
Cule curools. Um... cool curules! :) I might only have seven ancients in my collection, but I've got that theme covered! But... no wreath. [IMG]
Yes. Was still editing. Sorry. Labeled now. Indeed, he does look like he is wearing hair rollers there! Is a wee bit bugeyed, too- at least...
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One's a newp and one's a bygone. Both ex-CNG. Both with pedigrees from 1970. Both VF (per CNG) and toned. The first is much more sharply...
As I discovered when doing the 1901 type set, there was a surprising variety in her portraiture across the empire in just that one year, her last....
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