tell that to Bjarni Herjólfsson and Leif Ericson who visited the continent of North America about 500 years before. Certainly the fact that a...
Nice coin Romeo :)
Exhibit - War! Neptune! Horses? I found this post on "Exhibit - War! Neptune! Horses?" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for...
Exibit: Royal England Meets Wild West America; Winter 2008; jaceravone I found this post on "Exibit: Royal England Meets Wild West America;...
Start with water...if you need to move to oil...and manual cleaning (pick) is the best way...I must agree that tumbling is just one of the worst...
ditto to what orc said...the pig I dont know :)
In fact there WERE people who knew America was there... Coins are propaganda...almost all, if not all coins serve that purpose. That is nothing...
no problem, and as always, in the end, a coin is worth what someone has decided they will pay for it. :)
I just picked this token up, thought it was a fitting one to post at this time as well, I found it very odd but found some info to explain it:...
KM# 538 500 REIS 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of India 12.5000 g., 0.9170 Silver .3684 oz mintage: 300,000 / F - 8.50 VF - 10.00 XF - 20.00...
Maybe early 20's 22 or 23? The problem with these coins is that there are a million varieties.... My first impression was also casting, these...
Of course it matters what condition they are in but I have seen real fine examples go for around 1000 USD or more.
I thought he did not strike his coins previously. I guess it was just assumption on my part. I know he uses a CNC mill and his own proprietary...
I will PM you a few coin shops when I get home tonight that sell US, Mexico and Canada for sure. Anything else they might have like world,...
Cool, then again I would have replaced it with a current penny and kept it regardless :) I found a merc in a tip jar at a place I buy breakfast...
you have to upload it to a website before you can post it, it must be online to link into the forum. Once the picture has a URL then you post it...
Traditionally its a gold coin but there were also silver ducats minted in some European nations. I could be wrong but the Royal Dutch Mint still...
I have to admit, I am not a huge fan of his coins...but that coin he made to commemorate the minting machine is the most impressive one I have...
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