What a great design.
Nice one. I've never had one in 65.
I've never had an NGC "star" rated coin before. I think this one deserved it, but didn't get one. (It did, however, get the highest achievable...
Congrats, @C-B-D! Well done! I just got an MS62 from PCGS as well, on a coin which I had solicited opinions on here.
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) [ATTACH]
Those are such splendid photos. Wow. Lovely coin too, of course.
Island nations continued, though Lundy isn't technically a nation so much as a part of Britain. Martin Coles Harman apparently got himself into...
The "KM" numbers stand for Krause-Mishler, who were the publishers of the Standard Catalog of World Coins, as @Numismat mentioned.
What @messydesk said.
Nice Tribute Penny. Do you have any of the pre-conservation "before" pictures? I'm just curious, is all.
Based on the obverse, I'd have said there was a chance this could be a lamination, but seeing the reverse, I'm not so sure. It could just be...
The first is KM#677, which is an earlier type struck in 1821-1826. The second is KM#697, which was struck 1826-1831. So it seems to me that 1826...
@MontCollector has sweetened the pot with an additional prize. I've updated the OP to include that. Thanks! :)
Here's the one I had in my first Roman collection. [IMG]
Neat Gallienus. I like the contrasting toning on the RR denarius, too.
Felt like I wanted to give away a 2018-dated coin to celebrate the new year, so here's the prize: Armenia: 500-dram, "Noah's Ark", 1 oz. .999...
I thought the design was familiar from somewhere. As it happens, I bought this one for my January giveaway.
Bought that for my January giveaway. ;)
Nice lookin' set. I quite like that Flyer. Interesting squished denticles on the 1857 half dime.
You have a 1985 cent that took a hit on the "8" in the date, and had other rough treatment.
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