The extra thickness could be caused by an coin struck with excessive pressure. This would cause rim finning making the coin appear thick.
And with him was another coin from a tropical place ;) [ATTACH][ATTACH]
This guy walked in today. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
The same thing crossed mind but that was the story I was given... So well just assume that's what happened.
Honestly I don't know. I've never had a pair like this before... I guess only time will tell.
I was thinking of that myself.
Hey gang! I picked up 10(?!?!) of these today. The person I bought them from said that his father worked in the PX at a military base in the...
Looks like it was in a rock tumbler..... :thumb: Just kidding... it was dipped and possibly polished.
I picked this piece up. I'm thinking it's a Hemilitron. It's 17mm and 6.8g Thoughts? [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Yeah there is no "nica-date" like product for silver.
You can be the the bell of the ball at your next social gathering with the 1857 D $1 gold stickpin. Asking $400 delivered inside the US....
We get people asking for junk silver all the time... I can't say I've ever been insulted by that term. I buy a lot of junk... Haha!
Well that makes sense as to why I was having trouble identifying it... haha! I was thinking that they looked pretty good as compared to some of...
Lastly: Roman Republic Drachm 7.2g [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Hi gang. I had a dealer who didn't really deal with ancients throw these in with a trade deal. The kicker is that he used these to cover about...
I think the coin was undervalued by the auction house as well. Matt
I picked this up this past weekend. It's not the prettiest thing but you don't see them every day. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
There were a handful that got weeded out before the submission, but overall it was just a pretty nice group.
Nothing like getting up bright and early after losing an hour overnight.... I had to cheer myself up... Please excuse the I phone pics. [ATTACH]...
Without better pics nobody is going to be able to help you.
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