Only one of my present ancients (shown below) cost me more than $600. Only one coin I own cost me more than $1,000. Here are the $600-1,000 ones...
Lovely bronze!
Thanks! I did this with 20 coins ("Box of 20") for the first few years. My discipline has since slipped... a little. It's a box of 20 minimum...
(*gasp*wheeze*) I too like the Claudius, if I had to pick one of them. I think. Ask me again after I've had a chance to catch my breath....
(speechless - *gasp* - must catch breath ...)
(Browser freeze. Was a triple post. Now I only see two.)
I figured as much. Impressive.
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Wow! Some really rare stuff there, eh?
Yet another Greek owl. I like owls. Stick with this theme a while. Ancient Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm, Athena...
1814 Brazilian 960-reis piece, overstruck on Spanish 8-reales coin. From my old "Holey Coin Vest" collection. [IMG]
This one's another detector find. Actually the first silver Washie I ever dug. Purty nice for one that came outta the ground, eh? [IMG]
In the past several years I've grown to prefer nonfiction, but I can still enjoy a novel by a good author now and then. Robert Harris wrote my...
Nice circ find! Like @TheFinn, I could always spot 'em by the color alone, even without seeing the date or mintmark. I used to find them...
I quite like the look of that one.
Nice one!
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Image from my flatbed scanner days. [IMG]
This was my second-best cherrypick. Bought it in a bulk bag of Wheaties for less than a nickel. Sold for over $700, if I remember correctly....
Guess we're still on Spain. [IMG] Next: people wearing fancy wigs.
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