Not sure what part you are talking about. There is no raised metal. The only raised part is along the edge where it is wavy.
The copper plating has been damaged which is exposing the zinc core. Spend it before it rots away.
Full rolls of silver.... [IMG]
A while back, @Theodosius sent a box of goodies to the Frog family and we have been slowly and steadily working our way through the contents and...
A century and a decade to be exact ;)
As always, love these German DMs. I wonder why such heavy polishing. Must've been quite the clash.
Looks like 110 years of wear to me.
16x face is cheap right now I believe. For example, a 90% dime is worth $1.66 melt right now. I like to use the coinflation website:...
Interesting historical coin with a great patina! I was able to spend a day in Pompeii back in 2004 while I was deployed to Naples. I wasn't a coin...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265375391727?hash=item3dc99b1fef:g:9TkAAOSwtxhhdax9#vi__app-cvip-panel
One with the whole package like yours sold on ebay on the 23rd for $50.
Those are beautiful coins but that figurine is stunning!
Probably bronze.
That American Legion medal is pretty cool. Even cooler with the original packaging.
Almost 100% certainty they are fakes.
Your coin is more than likely billon. A wee bit of silver but mostly copper and whatever else.
I love that Venus Victrix! She doesn't have quite the booty like some others I've seen. I still need to add one to the collection.
This is my favorite Salonina coin (out of the 2 in the collection) [ATTACH]
Cowboy snake and Domitia are my favorite. They are all interesting though. Thanks for sharing :)
Those are all great. I only have smaller AE2s and AE3s of Valentinian and Julian II. I would some day like to get a bull reverse. It would be...
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