This is not strictly related to the OP's question, but if I may, I would like to ask the following question: Is it possible to make some good...
All 1824 Capped Bust Dimes are overdates, 1824/2. Two varieties are known for this year: JR-1 is quite common. This one, JR-2, is very scarce...
1798/7 Cent, variety Sheldon 151. [ATTACH]
1823/2 Cent, variety N-1. [ATTACH]
1802/0 Half Cent, C-2 variety [ATTACH]
1825/4 capped Bust Quarter. [ATTACH]
1824/2 Bust Quarter. [ATTACH]
1811/09 Capped Bust Dimes. [ATTACH]
1867/67 IHC. You can see this one a mile away. [ATTACH]
This 1858 H10C is over an "inverted" date and a scarce variety in the series: [ATTACH]
I missed this thread too, and what a nice example of the type, @Gavin Richardson:). It has a similar patina to my Macellum example. Here are...
There is enough left on the reverse to tell it does not match the reverse of Sheldon 266 (1804). I am almost 100% sure it is NOT an 1804 cent.
If you have to use gloves to handle coins in acetone, I would use nitrile gloves, and better yet, surgical grade nitrile gloves. Nitrile rubber is...
Those Frankfurt city views over the Main river are really pretty, and yours is a nice example. Congrats! (That particular motif can be found on...
Look closely at the position of the stars relative to the bust, and compare to the 1829 JR-10 I posted. You will see how the positioning differs....
All 1829 Half Dimes have curled base 2's. The very scarce coin is the 1829 DIME variety JR-10. No other. That is why it is important to determine...
Here is a picture of an 1829 Jr-10 "curled based 2" capped bust dime. [ATTACH]
@Christopher290 , can you please post the reverse of your coin? It looks like the obverse of a Half Dime and it is important to verify that...
Vitellius is one of the very first emperors I focused on when I started collecting Roman coins in the late 80's. Managed to assemble this small...
I only have two examples of MA denarii, one as caesar, the other as Augustus. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
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