We've got this massage ball floating around the house and that is pretty much a ball and socket joint or a single ball bearing. Using this as the...
Well, I bought them in early December, but they arrived today. So the first to add to my collection in 2021. Coin #1: The first I'll share in not...
THANK YOU! :shy: That's a major thing that drew me to it! I was as surprised as you are when I counted them and was getting over 100! :jawdrop:...
Thank you! "It's as big as a whale!" [MEDIA]
It does! It really appeals to me with that type of "We have a Winner!" visual symbolism.
Thank you! I was slightly uncertain about it, but I like how it came out. It was actually pretty soft stuff and just needed some soaking and...
With 2020 having wound to a close, as with others here, we take stock in the addition we’ve made to our collections. I actually went back to...
Another year, another agathodaemon! That Caracalla is lovely! And I love that new Cossura! Here's to a great 2021!!
Here's a Caracalla denarius I cleaned using distilled water and manual work. I probably could've used the vinegar step on there, but didn't know...
I think I'll be doing the same thing, Mat. Though I plan to slow down a bit and spend more time with the coins I have, cataloging them, etc.
It looks like a tourist replica of a Widow's Mite. This is what an original looks like (at least a variant mildly similar to yours)... [ATTACH]...
I got this fun, ragged flanned Carthaginian recently... [IMG]
It looks like honest original patina to me. And like others have stated, someone tried to clean the obverse. Sometimes this thick green patina can...
Nice Galba! Here's a Salus on reverse of a Crispina sestertius with more rare COMMODI obverse legend (RIC 672B). [IMG]
[IMG] Claudius, Ruled 41-54 AD BL Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria Dated RY 3, Struck 42/43 AD Obverse: ΤΙ ΚΛΑVΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑVΤΟΚP, laureate...
I haven't! I'll definitely be adding that to my wishlist and keeping an eye out for it. Thanks!
I really love your overstrike on #9! And your big corn-ear on #8! And what an fun early portrait of Octavian on #4!!! Great ear, er... YEAR...
Boy, is that a mouthful! Over the weekend, I opened my SS package and, WOW(!!!), was I delighted! It was a larger package—much larger than for...
Twin Cities, MN, 19°F, 30-35 mph winds [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Coins are a welcome distraction during the cold, early nights of December.
I just popped out to the mailbox and I had received a package from a mysterious east coast address that I can only assume is from SS. It shall...
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