I've always found overstruck coins fascinating, especially when a good portion of the original coin is still visible. Nice acquisition!
Very nice! Congrats! I mostly have folles and some half-folles. The smaller denominations are a realm that I have not explored to any extent....
Interesting coins! The second one might be a cast, or a very worn coin that might have been a 1 real cob originally. It's hard to tell, but it...
Nice coins! I really like the green/blue patina of the second example.
Honorius, AV solidus, Ravenna, 402-406 AD. RIC X# 1287 4.4 grams [ATTACH] Next: A coin of Arcadius or his successor.
Mexico, Republic, 8 reales, 1824 RL, Durango. Defiant style serphent. KM 376.1 26.03 grams [ATTACH]
That coin is a beautiful example! Congrats!
Here are two eastern imitation owls, probably of Persian origin. The coins have different countermarks, but I think at least the obverse dies...
Mexico, Republic, 8 reale,s 1823 JM, Mexico City. KM 376.2 26.9 grams [ATTACH]
A very nice example! If you're interested in reading some of the history behind your coin, here's a Wikipedia link:...
Nice coin! Well, if you "in-cista", here's my worn example. Mysia, Pergamon, cisophoric tetradrachm, circa 76-67 BC. Pinder 109 12.1 grams...
Here are a couple of Soviet summer Olympics 10 rubles, 1980. Judo (actually, this is a good illustration of one way to resolve a disagreement on...
A beautiful coin it is! A fine example. Alexandria had a large Greek population during Roman times and going back to the Ptolemaic kings,...
Nice acquisition and a very good price! Very nice coins posted! Coins of Nero always draws my memory back to spring 1992 when my wife and I...
How about another Postumus coin, any denomination?
That's a nice Faustina II dupondius for under 40 euros, very nicely centered! Here's a sestertius that came by way of Roma, E-Sale 94, lot 900....
Canada, 10 dollars, 1976, Olympics Montreal. KM 87 [ATTACH]
I was looking for another ancient in the collection that does not include a lyre. No luck. So, here's an overstrike done by our old friend...
Those two videos are very interesting and disturbing. I've stayed away from coins with certificates and salvaged coins in general, unless they...
The OP coin is a cob minted in Mexico City, around 1714-15. The surfaces show typical erosion (corrosion) from emersion in salt water for...
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