You should go for it! Take the plunge. I've loved ancient coins since childhood, but never got around to seriously collecting them until 2007,...
You didn't miss it. It's still going on. All you have to do is post the answer to the (now ludicrously easy) question. We'll be having a random...
Three winters ago we had a Snowy Owl here. In SE coastal Georgia. An arctic owl. Right near the Florida border. That was a trip. It hung...
It took me a while to come around to that philosophy, believe me, but now that I have, I have no regrets. There was a lot of fun stuff in those...
Oh, that's neat. I've had two Hallmarks in those old PCI-style holders, but Dominion, nope.
Oh... HECK... YEAH! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! I love those little curlicue 4's that look like a piece of ribbon. The 7 on your coin's...
Speaking of confusing Roman holdovers, the British up until 1970 used a small "d" to abbreviate "penny". Even though decimalization changed the...
Someone may correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sore that's a holdover from old Roman times. The Romans didn't have a letter "U". (Edit:...
Maybe there was a fine line between "legitimate trade" and "piracy" in those days.
It's an awesome design, but like @longshot said, I'd go with a lower grade but problem-free example of the type, maybe one with some nice grey...
I think that "bear" is a heraldic rampant lion. But I could be wrong.
I love this stuff. I'm sure you've seen my Gelderland goldgulden/florin with a similar John the Baptist design. Not as high grade as yours, but...
The first is definitely Roman, circa 4th century, but I'll let those more seasoned in this later Roman bronze answer, because I'm not quite as...
Yep. Alcohol can work for lighter deposits of stuff like tape adhesive. Sometimes you need something with a little more "oomph", though....
WOW! Don't drop it on your foot! :nailbiting: I lived in East Africa in 1972 (Tanzania, right near Uganda) not long after that coin was made....
Generally this is true, but sometimes a coin can benefit from removal of foreign substances like glue. You might try acetone. If you use a...
Maybe, but I dunno. I forgot to put the coin under a loupe myself after Michael looked at it, and it's in the safe deposit box right now, so I...
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