What sort of boxes are you searching? Cents come in boxes of 2500, not 5000, that I know of. IMHO, searching cents and nickels is about equal...
The mint mark has been applied directly to the hubs since 1990.
I found a Swiss 20 rappen a few days ago, and a Euro 2 cent, while roll searching. But its a rare day to find anything besides the occasional...
The mentioned columnario book runs $450 and up, and I have seen it for sale in various internet bookstores.
I've also been meaning to get some Bactrian coins, but need to spend some time researching them first. The ones you show are great examples. I saw...
Nice! I believe 1762 was the first year the macuta denomination was used. It was deemed the equivalent of 2000 cowrie shells.
There have been some threads about coins like these at CT, where the design is the same as a real coin, but the writing is nonsense. An idea was...
If its real, I would think it would grade F. The only thing that concerns me is the dark halo around the mint mark.
Thanks for another interesting trivia post, Clinker. I wish to add that the smouldering volcano in the background of these coins is Mt. Mayon,...
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That assumes a random sampling...certainly less chance if you are careful.
I have read your earlier threads regarding the collection club, I think its great what you are doing, and I'm glad to see you are planning some...
I suggest you post this coin for identification at the following site: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ They will most certainly be able to...
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ means 'king' or 'great king'
I haven't done a lot with Parthian coins, but I have never seen one with that particular bust. It is done roughly in the style of the later...
That was an excellent deal, IMHO. I especially like the Barber.
Thank you Doug, that's a great deal more information than I was able to come up with on the matter of scalloping. And it explains nicely why there...
The scalloping is an effect of the edge design used on these coins to stop people from filing off small quantities of silver from the edges. Any...
Especially when it comes to columnarios. Everyone is spoiling to diss 'em.
You would need to give an idea of the coin's condition for a rough valuation, or a photo.
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