Mojo risin... You done well!
That's... not that bad. I'm somewhat confused by the desire to place "ONE NATION" on the reverse, though.
Assuming it is ancient, an unpublished bronze half shekel would easily be worth two hundred.
Everything you need/wanted to know about coin and currency storage (almost) I found this post on "Everything you need/wanted to know about coin...
Looks genuine to me as well. Just polished to hell and gone. This would be an example of a "bad cleaning"
The date would not be in arabic numerals, as on our coins. It would be three Greek letters: look for LIZ, LIH, or LKB.
If the date on the reverse is legible, it will be worth more. Unfortunately, I cannot tell from your pictures.
On Roman coins, Cleopatra is depicted as ugly. On Egyptian, she's beautiful. I'm surprised that nobody has suggested that this is a facet of the...
Note my words carefully... its a counterfeiter's die, meaning it was used by a counterfeiter. Still ancient.
It would be roughly contemporary. Definitely within 50 or so years of the original issue. I forgot to mention, in the census of ancient dies...
As far as any of the people I've talked to can tell.
Read the bottom paragraph, its a part of the process. Close enough to be called a die.
Better?
This is probably the coolest thing I've ever owned... [IMG] Forger’s reverse die of sestertius mid 2nd century AD – AE or PB? 53.5g,...
[IMG] Another phoenix for Phoenix. Not mine, sadly.
Me too. First party in medieval coins? Confusing! :kewl: Foray is what you're looking for. Beautiful coin, before Edward I made all the coins a...
http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=172249&AucID=216&Lot=341
I can't figure the reverse. I think it may be a Byzantine 1/2 tetarteron.
Antoninus Pius sestertius. I can't read the reverse legends though, so it'll be a good deal of sorting through images/descriptions to get the...
I jumped the gun a bit - its not Taiwan, but Zeelandia province, from the southern part of the Netherlands. I was close! Lol, 1681 - KM #55
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