Roman Empire: silver denarius of Septimius Severus, ca. 193-211 AD, NGC Ch AU (Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5) Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head...
Like you, I remember seeing these for the first time in roll hunting finds when I was a kid (in Florida, we were pretty far removed from Canada,...
That was relatively painless. I actually had to go back to Collectors Universe for a little while, which made me all the more grateful to come...
Yeah, his mother would be pretty ancient if the pennies on her scale were those big fat Cartwheels! LOL Speaking of which, I might have a slick...
I see what you mean, though at first blush I would've thought, "Hey, World Coins are such a vast category that surely that would mean more...
Yes. Though much has been made of the fact that NGC Ancients does not guarantee authenticity, I do find them a useful "screen" and second...
Oh. I too failed to fully read and thought the coin pictured was the prize. No matter- those are ALL nice... and silver! Sweet prize.
PS- I hadn't thought of a prize aspect, though. Great Armenian coin! Noah's Ark?
You TOTALLY read my mind ... I thought about starting this very same game last night, but lack of an imaged 2017 coin and other distractions...
I'll have to look for my own bignose examples later (on a small device with a slow connection right now) but I will say I very much like the...
Nice coins, and a handsome tabby cat in the OP. Our "Cactus Pete" looks very similar.
Right on the cusp between G and VG, I'd say. I'd call it G6, personally. Low grade but does look original. The scratches would be a concern but...
The strike (if in fact that was struck at all) looks soft and mushy to me on places like Athena's lips and hair strands, as well as Nike's left...
Yes, I think I see what Sakata was getting at.
Those are extremely common. Because decimal coinage was just introduced, they minted huge quantities (over a billion that year alone) to put into...
Indeed!
That's not a large penny. It's a decimal 2-pence piece. Decimal coinage was newly-introduced at the time, which is why that says "NEW PENCE" on it.
Come to think of it, the last time bullion spiked during the recvery from the Great Recession, I sold my maternal grandmother's Sterling flatware....
At spot north of $50-60/oz, I'd start looking at my metal detecting finds album a bit differently. Might have to go beyond $65-75/oz to break my...
Oh, I am slightly jealous! I have long loved that design. I've had a few of those, but never one so attractively toned! Congrats to...
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