I'll try to take some snaps of the 50 taels sycee over the weekend. My understanding is that the sycee, at least in the 19th-20th centuries, and...
In 2015 I purchased a group lot of Southeast Asia ingots at the Sedwick Auction of October 28-30 2015. Here's part of that lot, three tiger...
You have what is commonly referred to as a saddleback sycee. They're one of the most common forms, issued in Yunnan and they're very cool, with...
Sestertius, Annona reverse, 181 AD BMC 442 note, citing Naville II, 1922, 1027 (same dies as this coin); bust variety of C 4-5 and BM 442-445....
That's a very nice Otho denarius, @Gam3rBlake! My only coin for this emperor is a tetradrachm of Antioch, 69 AD, in pretty much "as found"...
Is your sycee this style, from Yunnan? [ATTACH] Or is it this style, "salt tax" sycee: [ATTACH]
That's a good question. Nice coin by the way - beautiful patina! My example is on the heavy weight side as well at 32.77 grams. 34mm, 12h....
My first sestertius. Gordian III, 238-240 AD AE Sestertius Rome Obverse: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG; Draped laureate bust facing right....
I do want to say that the employees of the United States Postal Service are dedicated workers providing an essential service to our country. Edited
That situation with the shipment from Germany is very odd. My guess is that for some reason the "hand off" between Deutsche Post and the USPS...
Macedon, Alexander III, AR tetradrachm, Susa Mint, 336-323 BC. A late lifetime or early posthumous issue. [ATTACH] Next: The tetradrachm whose...
Since your shipment from Germany is, according to the shipper, in US Customs, it is basically "off the radar" when it comes to USPS tracking....
As part of my on-again off-again effort to take photos of coins that I have owned for decades, here are a couple of gold coins of Mexico. Here's...
All's well that ends well.
Last year I had a coin coming from Canada tied up at Customs, La Guardia Airport. It was detained for about three months, but I don't think that...
I've been doing some research on a couple of Alexandrian tetradrachms, late third century AD. These coins came out of the box of mixed ancients...
A very unusual shape and a nice patina!
Nice catch! Yes, researching a coin can be very rewarding indeed.
Here's a Stater issued well before the pirates period of the 2nd - 1st centuries BC. Cicilia, Tarsos, 361-334 BC Mazaios AR Stater 10.7 grams...
It seems that themes or challenges were ignored or skipped over, for whatever reason.
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