This one looks similar but not quite...? http://amadiocoins.com/catalog/coin/6490 or Tver' Pulo prince Ivan Ivanovich the Young...
Matt, to you, does the writing look Greek, Roman/Latin, or something else? "Novao" is Bosnian for "ister", which can mean "The Danube river....
Even if it was given to him as a "retirement gift"? I guess the gov't would say that it should not have happened, the person giving it did not...
Thanks ;-) And thanks to Atarian for a clever contest
Truly some nice coins. As far as the actual designs, the Reverses are "okay" in my opinion, but can't compare to older U. S. coins. And the...
It looks familiar. I'll try to look through my bookmarks. There is a well-known artist that does Hobo nickels and it reminds me of him... can't...
$1,027.80
MS64 D'oh. Make that PR64 (thanks, mark_h)
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I want a relative like that! :D
Holy freakin' cow, Sarge. That's gonna spoil you from now on, you know that, right? ;-)
Anyone have any ideas as to what this was supposed to be? I don't see any indications that it was used as jewelry... (Merc included for size...
If it *is* a fake (and I'm just a newbie), they did a nice job of making it look "worn out". (Edit: my fault. I guess the counterfeiters are...
Maybe it's an album for tooth fillings
Nice. How much was the 1893 PF64 DCAM? (I'm almost afraid to ask...)
Vindication for coingeek! ;-) (my initial thought was Russian, too. Instead of "it's all Greek to me" we could say "it's all *Cyrillic* to me"!...
It's a rock. When I was a kid, we called them "lucky stones". I never thought do until today. :-)
This one is for all of you who, like me, have read about these incredible finds in recent bins, etc., and wonder why it never happens to you....
Thanks, J. A.!
Anyone have the literal translation of the obverse?
Separate names with a comma.
