That is a great trivia 'key' that I am going to save, thanks again Clinker. In Spanish, prueba also means 'test' or 'sample'.
Hopefully I've read this one correctly, but someone else in the forum should verify my ID. I've sent you a pm.
That may be a tanka from one of the Mughal rulers of the Delhi Sultanate, specifically Fakhr al-Din Muhammad bin Tughluq (725-752AH) The obverse...
Depending on how many silver dollars and half dollars there are, $100 in face value could be a lot of coins. Enough to spring for a Official Red...
I can't look at a coin's date without thinking about what was going on that year or general time period, especially in the country from which the...
I would say it is impossible to tell if there are two coins or not, unless the block was destroyed and the coin extracted. But if I were to...
Can anyone definitively see the mint mark? My eyes must be bad all I see is a mark that could be anything.
I expect that 1895-O is going to be tough, but not as tough as the 1989 O!:eek: I picked up a slabbed 1901-S in F last month for a good...
I am already a member of Heritage and track prices on that site, but other than the generic grading page I didn't see any free resources. I'll...
No, I have only the Official ANA grading book. Thanks for the suggestion, also thanks Treashunt for the tips on books for Barbers.
As Aidan says, eastern Med. Cyprus has a finger-like peninsula that points more or less at Iskenderum, Turkey. It was said long ago that...
That brings to my mind a question. Will the knowledge of detecting fakes be able to stay ahead of the technology of counterfeiting?
Thanks, Clinker. Cyprus is one of the few and interesting cases where geologists, armed with archaeological records, were able to re-discover,...
I want to: - improve my grading skills for US coins - read, read, read - 'complete' my Barber Dimes set in F - AU - Buy a pillar dollar
Check this guy out... http://www.coinstar.com/US/PressReleases/723130?OpenDocument
I'm guessing 35-40. And cleaned.
I filled a Dansco-without-proofs with Roosevelts, I am only missing 2006-P, which I will eventually run across in change. Then I will stop. I...
Mikjo0, there is some debate about the origin of the name Elagabalus. It could refer to the god El, as in 'El-gabal' or 'El of the mountain'....
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