I've told the story before, but I guess some haven't heard it, and I'll add some details that I haven't mentioned before. I had collected coins...
@The Eidolon is correct, it's Qianlong. (But your photo is rotated 90 degrees clockwise.) The reverse will list the mintmark, but unless it's...
I have just one siliqua, of Arcadius (383-408): [ATTACH]
Wow, that is a beautiful and historical coin, I am green with envy :wideyed: My most related coin is my lifetime issue of Julius Caesar, issued...
Very nice! Here's a denarius from 36 BC, during the Second Triumvirate; the reverse shows priestly implements, emphasizing Octavian's position as...
King Vittorio Emanuele III (1900-1946) was an avid numismatist (his personal collection is now in the National Museum), who was responsible for...
I have this drachm of Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia (96-63 BC), with a rather attractive portrait. On this coin he uses the epithet "Philoromaios"...
Thanks @Publius2 , you are correct, my coin is indeed a cent and not a half-cent. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
Well, the lettering does appear rather sharp compared to the rest of the designs. But I don't know enough about the series to make a judgement on...
United States, 2 cent coin, 1868.
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