My experience is that silver is much more stable than, say, bronze. Unless the silver has a high copper content, there shouldn't be any...
You should buy some pure acetone. The diluted acetone is not very effective, as you noted. The 100% acetone makes a world of difference. Now...
Yes, these multiple thalers are large and quite imposing. As I mentioned in my first post, these coins seem to have served as a silver reserve...
Here are two more coins from the same group lot. Heraclius, follis, Cyzicus, year 3 (612/3), officina B. SB 839 Over-strike on an earlier...
Yes, very true. That can be applied to many things, collecting, mastering a musical instrument, writing, etc. As Joseph Campbell said, follow...
The thalers of Germany, as well as other crowns of the 16th-17th centuries offer a wide array of designs and themes. It is a period of coinage...
Given the very brief reign of Otho, it seems that the mint created a portrait very similar to Nero who died the year before.
Nice coin! I didn't know you own it. I like the jet black patina. My example is also very dark. I actually increased the lighting somewhat...
Thank you, Mat. I really didn't take time to attempt to decipher the obverse legend. The portrait struck me as that of Nero. After looking...
A beautiful coin, congratulations!
The horse's hip has an incuse CL, with a small crown above, pretty much a match with the reverse's monogram. Most of the coinage used on an...
This coin arrive today from Israel. As far as I can determine, it could be from Antioch, although the crescent below the eagle is unlike anything...
The obverse is nice. The reverse is just plain rough, but not too bad - the main elements are easy to see as well as parts of the legend. I...
You might want to check out large lot offerings through dealers and auction houses such as Roma. You can get an assortment of interesting and...
Here's a broad thaler, struck with roller dies, from Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle, dated 1662, produced during the reign of Duke Christian Ludwig...
This is an interesting, essay, which discusses cultural heritage laws and agreements (MOUs) and the checkered history of a country, in this case...
It looks like a virtual tie with both posts coming in at 58 minutes. ambr0zie seems to have the edge by seconds. So, here's a goat for the...
An excellent type coin. It looks uncirculated.
That is a really rare Irish shilling of Mary. I don't have any coinage of Mary, but I do have coinage of her husband, Philip II of Spain. Here...
That date, 1773, was in reference to Potosi. Spain did produce portrait coinage well before that date, going back to at least the 1400's.
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