There is a crack in the right shoulder. :(
Those are all really pretty. :)
I will complain no matter what if hundreds or thousands of dollars are on the line, as is often the case when it comes to early Americana. Fair...
Doesn't make the complaint any less relevant. But seeing how everyone just unqustioningly accepts it as the way it is, then I might as well too....
Mine was technically struck under tiberius, but it portrays Augustus. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I see you got a new avatar. :)
As far as barter is concerned, yes. But those considered to be strictly used as money had their functional aspect stripped, so they could not be...
I used the wrong picture of the tools. Here are a couple that are actually from the ANS which have the reinforcing ridge. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This spade marks the most expensive coin I have ever purchased. Its price was equivalent to a nice F/VF owl tetradrachm, though this spade shows...
I did some more looking, and I think it more-closely matches the second and third one here....
I use them as tools to play the system and make myself money, but I am pretty sure that is not what you meant.
So I have been told by @Insider. Doesn't make me respect them any more.
Or that standards have loosened up since the coin was slabbed in the fatty holder. You should try the experiment with current holders. When I am...
It's quite a door stop, isn't it? :rolleyes:
Shows that the true value of the coins is the plastic junk, not the coin itself...
I guess I stumped everyone... :(
I concur. Thanks! https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/munzhandlung_ritter_gmbh/134/product/mysia_pergamon_ae_approx_4060/225672/Default.aspx
Got these both for $5, thinking that one might be fake. No idea where to go from what I could gather. 19mm and 4.4g. Pegasus and COR on reverse,...
I paid $15 for the pair, which was probably too much, but the mystery got to me. I have yet to see examples like these, and I don't know where to...
Some of the Non-Circulating Legal Tender coins are quite pretty, as are some of the designs for the cheaper modern coins.
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