You made me really confused and about to recheck my knowledge of large cents.
Very pretty coins!
Exactly. I am not familiar with the Arabic script.
Wasn't this coin minted during the siege, or am I thinking of a different type. They all look the same to me.
I switched my focus to US type collecting and ancient Chinese coins for the same reason. Then I got a fanciful idea that ancient coins were a lot...
Moderns is where I make money to collect ancient coins. :happy: Still need to sell a few so I can comfortably afford to make the deposit for my...
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How about if you try to find an Alexander drachm that has already been damaged and put that in the ring? That will let you have the conversation...
I will write about the meaning of "Bu/Pu" tomorrow when I am more rested. Sure, it means cloth, but it also means "spade" when referenced to the...
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Just this week. I have 7 more weeks to go.
I survived. :cigar::yawn:
I am also judging from pictures. I could be wrong. If real, it is one of the nicest in existence.
Yours is closest to this one, but that nefarious top stroke... https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=20888
Your other example is a perfect example of what one of these should look like. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mystery-coin-of-the-day.260545/
The thing that worries me that it is just soo nice. Also, I cannot find another example where the bottom character is written the way it is, with...
It appears to be a 3-cash coin cast under Kublai Khan. Inscription reads "Je Üen Tung Baw" in Mongolian, and "Zhi Yuan Tong Bao" translated to...
Without looking at a reference, I can tell it is a pretty scarce type. Let me look it up.
Fair enough. I guess my case is similar to the coin that supposedly depicts the Milvian Bridge. It cannot be definitively proved one way or another.
Yup. To the left on the obverse of my coin is a Gallic trumpet, clear evidence that these coins were issued in response to the Gallic Wars. But is...
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