@Mat- I really like that F&I 2-reales piece! I want a double-excelente. That joins the Roman aureus on the long list of "coins I might...
@zumbly - I totally love the mama-baby duo in the OP. That picture struck me as... art. I had a low grade Aegina turtle briefly (and recently...
Pictures of the Italian coin aren't very clear and I can't help you with paper money.
1650 or Germany again. :D [IMG]
Germany/Saxony. 3-mark proof Leipzig commem, 1913. Since this is a dual-dated piece the "wildcard" clause is in play, meaning the next player...
Germany (Nurnberg) silver ducat klippe, 1650. Germany or 1650, next. [IMG] [IMG]
... or maybe I was serious, and I truly believe the emperor Otho was a vampire. ;)
Touché. I forget that humor does not always translate. :) That's a sharp Augustus/Otho Æ! I like the hair detail.
Here's an inexpensive countermarked coin I just couldn't resist and purchased a few years back. (From FORVM, as will probably be apparent from...
It's an intriguing mystery, but I don't know if there's enough there to work with. What you take to be lettering could be, or could just as...
@Onofrio Bacigalupo : I like the cadence of your name. I find myself silently repeating it inside my head. It just sounds cool, that's all....
I like that "basket o' grain" one @stevex6 posted, too.
hu·mor [ˈ(h)yo͞omər] NOUN the quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech. Humor in internet posting is...
Wow, that's a great design and a nice example, too. Wonder what it's like to carry a thunderbolt in one's mouth? Probably like tasering one's...
Here's an As of Augustus, struck circa 7 BC under moneyer Marcus Salvius Otho. Yes. The same name as the ill-fated emperor of 76 years later....
I know. Thought it was a funny coincidence, though. At least you share a name with a very talented individual.
@Justin Lee - You remind me of someone I know from Collectors Universe. ;)
1851 or USA, next. [IMG]
Looks like environmental damage to me.
Awesomely alliterative announcement! Phantastic photographic presentations!
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