The obverse is reminiscent to British coin designs of the 12th century AD, likely drawing parallels between the Edward I (1272-1307) and Edward...
I liked it. :) http://www.break.com/index/paying-for-a-steak-dinner-in-pennies.html
The silver (hemidrachm I suppose?).
Sorry Bud, you're off by about two hundred years. That is a VERY nice coin of Fausta, wife of Emperor Constantine. Fairly rare too, an R4 from a...
Does it matter if its in different volumes? If not, I'd go with the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Its a catalogue of ancient Greek coins in museums...
Spink 3743, the most common variety of a common year. Spinks guide valued it at 50 pounds in EF (British grade, similar to our AU-low MS) in their...
Lovely specimens.
Your prize is an 1829 half dollar - oh wait, you already have one... :D Excellent find.
I generally don't grade at all, but if I were it would be these.
Careful with that spelling! There's at least one individual on this forum who DOES collect them! :D
Good luck!
Start off with the Charlton Guide, essentially the Redbook for Canadian coins.
Littleton Beyond that, I don't think I can really rule anyone out. There's a local dealer that I don't trust, but I still visit his shop from...
Yeah, its the camera. Looks like a kinda crappy coin that was cleaned using olive oil, which is what gave it that unnatural color. Not that...
EF-40, nice coin.
These and other small dollar coins are rather common on the NY/NJ rail system - all of the ticket dispensers give change with them.
Tough call. Could you get a weight on it? That could clear things up. But it is definately from 348-350 AD.
Size in mm? if around 24mm, its RIC VIII Siscia 198, if 18-19mm, its RIC VIII Siscia 234. I'll get the dates for those tommorow for ya.
I just got back today, having been on the floor Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning. I had a blast. There was a wealth of good quality...
I use this hand-dandy chart:
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