The coin shop where I briefly worked as a junior assistant bought scrap gold at the time. Including dental gold. One day they said they watched...
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Apparently all this broke while I was on hiatus. As a fan of "desert" patinas, and VCoins, this was eye-opening, and disturbing (as eye-openings...
Thanks. Wow, that is some rapier wit. Remind me to never do anything underhanded that @Bob L and @red_spork, et al might discover! That's the...
Oops. Sorry. I shall defer to your superior experience, then. Scratch the Zurqieh recommendation. Admittedly, my experience with them is but...
For you podcast fans out there, I just discovered and began listening to The History of Byzantium Podcast, which seems quite promising. I'm...
Very interesting. Thanks.
@alurid - If you're quick, you can repost that 1905 Swedish coin after this. BTW, those who like 16th century French coins might like that dig...
Here, @alurid. With another dug IHC I can make your Swedish coin playable. Stand by...
The plot of which was only slightly less credible than the premise of this thread. ;)
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] So 1907 or USA, obviously. Here's the dig story on that Indian cent outing, if anyone wants it
US love token on 1837 Canadian token. Likely a christening gift. Note "FIFTY-FOUR" (1854) birthdate. This is an as-yet-unresearched new...
WAIT!!! LET ME GET PIX OF MY CANADIAN TOKENS!!! LOL
I predict you'll come out smelling like a rose on this one. Nice pix. Shoot me a link when it's on eBay and I'll start the bidding if you go the...
I pay someone else to photograph them, or buy them from someone who already took nice photos, that's how. ;) Ugh- I feel your pain- shooting a...
The game has changed too fast for me a few times and I've had to scrap my posts!
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Doesn't that Prussian goldie say "1903" on it? ;) Still a valid play on Germany, of course. So I guess we're at 1903 or Germany... and I am...
"Mad Chicken skills" LOL. Love it!
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