I found the Madras Presidency 2 rupees. I need to better organize the collection - I'm just a natural procrastinator. I've owned this example...
Here's my "dumpy" lone mohur, a type coin and a very satisfying chunky narrow coin. Jaipur State, year 36 (1915) Madho Singh II KM 150 10.9...
The coin I'm posting today is a fake, a contemporary fake, likely of Asian origins (Indonesia?), of a ducaton, Holland, 1776. This coin came to...
And don't forget Tycho Brahe. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tycho-Brahe-Danish-astronomer
Nice coin! I would put Elizabeth I into the period that I would generally call the late Renaissance. Her reign, so distinctive in terms the...
When I was growing up, for hobbies my interests reflected the times - model airplanes, cars and ship, and later on slot cars. Coins, such as I...
Yes, there is a very strong demand for Indian coins in general and really strong for rare coins. Back in the 1980s and 1990s the prices were...
That's a beautiful coin, Al. Philadelphia, right? I agree, that coin is overall better than my example. I try to take my photos in natural,...
Thanks for the update! The PGGS coin seems better struck, but with more surface marks. Slabbed coins do tend to bring a substantial premium, to...
This is a double eagle, 1852 O, that I bought back in March 1991 for $600, at a local coin shop, as a VF-EF, which I think is a pretty accurate...
Another beauty. Congrats!
Here's another coin that I photographed today, a necessity or emergency daalder of Campen, 1672. This coin was issued following the siege of the...
Here's a half pagoda, Madras Presidency, 1808-1811, that I've had since the 1980s, purchased from Karl Stephens. These coins were struck over...
Your coin looks as if it has typical hard green deposits. I have many ancients with these spots. I don't think that is bronze disease. Active...
Did the black deposit come off in the acetone or when you rinsed in distilled water? Water is actually an effective solvent for some deposits.
That's a very nice example! You might have an overdate (8/7), but I can't say for sure, given the image. I think I see the bottom of the 7...
FYI, here's an 8 reales cob, 1626, Potosi, Philip IV: [ATTACH]
Bactria, 261-239 BC Tetradrachm Roma XX, lot 344 16.64 grams [ATTACH] Next: Another imitation, preferably of an Athenian tetradrachm, but any...
This is a very small copper vessel that I have owned since winning it in a Sedwick auction in 2017. I cannot place a date on it, but it might be...
That's a superb new style owl. I would expect that it will hammer at substantially over the current bid. What's its weight and catalog...
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