Based on my own quick searching and nothing more, it appears it could be a restrike like this, of this type, or a similar piece along the same theme?
Those were perhaps the two things that most caught my eye, aside from the appeal of the design itself. Thanks. This may become the "new oldest"...
I just bought my first ancient Owl! Had a thing for owls since I was a kid. Always wanted one on an ancient coin. Never had one. Until I...
Pulled the trigger on this so recently that the electrons are still quivering. Might not be my last for 2016 yet, though. [IMG]
Seems a reasonable theory to me.
It looks like brass to me, and you can see traces of the old plating. I would not be surprised if you're right about it having ended up buried...
I've been known to spit on and rub crusty dug coppers in my fingers (if you've watched that in my videos, you'll have seen me do it, and...
This. +2. However, I will add (perhaps unnecessarily) that for me personally, it does nothing at all in terms of interest, but if you like it,...
PS- on a less serious note- the obverse of that coin was prophetic about the future of the region. It looks like a modern military helmet with an...
Nice work, Deacon. Keep the faith, literally and figuratively.
I tend to agree, though I can see why it looks like a "1776" evasion copper or contemporary counterfeit, which I could also imagine. The quality...
@Paul M. beat me to it. Contemporary counterfeit, and a cool one.
Agreed. And I think it has a decent shot. Y'never know until you try, sometimes. PS- keep us posted on the results, later.
Check out this monster megalodon tooth my buddy Billy found. Those are not a child's hands in the picture. They're my wife's. And her hands and...
A local SE GA detector find. Not by me, but by my buddy Billy Ridenour. He has found some really pristine early large cents. Interestingly,...
@okbustchaser- that's a classic black-n'-white CircCam! @paddyman98 - I never would have thought of a steel CircCam, but I suppose that could be...
Very cool. Not a "DirtCam" like the ones I posted, but it does sorta follow along the CircCam lines, in a different way.
@Cascade- I know how weird it sounds, but I actually prefer circulated Morgan dollars with that look to bright MS coins a lot of the time. I like...
Oho! My old CU contacts are able to sneak up on me over here (after hiding in plain sight) when they've been incognito behind a different...
And then you have my spinoff term, applied to ancient bronze with "sandy", "earthen" or "desert" patina, that have a similar contrasting look...
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