More so than repros, I'd be interested in seeing original sketches or plasters for the gold.
Does anyone have a better write-up than that? Its a very interesting piece and deserves more info than the pathetic write-up that site gives....
I'll attach some of my own. One thing to note - reverse brockages are much rarer, as the minter is more likely to notice a coin sitting on the...
No, these date to the reign of Tiberius. But, the "Museum of Roman Countermarks" calls this a modern fake. The stamp, not the coin....
A scale is only effective in catching the lowest quality counterfeits. Much better to learn to recognize the methods of manufacture, particularly...
Jiangnan province, 1903. http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=847
A common coin, but with a clear reverse and a solid write up. Good stuff.
Its a simple fix, but they're slightly misaligned.
I think you're right, I probably pasted the wrong image in! You can enter "Trajan's Column, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome Italy" in Google Maps to...
[IMG] Trajan AR – denarius, 20mm Rome, 115 AD Laureate bust r., drapery on far shoulder IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Trajan’s...
Its good that you are walking her up rather than driving.
What book? If there's an online guide to early British trade tokens, then I want at it!
Penny? Weren't most of these were farthing tokens?
Spot on. Specifically, these were struck at Seleukia ad Tigrim, a predominantly Greek city.
But, the more valuable the coin, the more cautious the minters were likely to be. Weights were much more strictly controlled for Venetian ducats...
I assume we're talking about modern coins? Many ancient and medieval coins have a much wider tolerance.
I wrote my undergraduate thesis on Roman tokens, and am working towards getting it published. These views of the spintria are sorely outdated....
Dies for ancient coins were each engraved by hand, so every individual engraver gave his own particular interpretation of the portrait. The...
Guess that's why they call you dimefreak! Lol, but there were dimes later. You got lucky. :rolleyes:
Where do you see a dime?
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