I'll take 'em with the patina, a 2000 year old bronze coin without just isn't right.
Even to my relatively new eye that coin doesn't look right... could be I'm just used to seeing and expecting patina on coins this old though.
Congrats Bing!!
I'm in, looks like a very interesting coin, modern mark and all... :)
Pretty much cashless here. rarely have cash on me, will have a $20 every couple months when its time for a haircut, but that's about it. It has...
Entry Post A little post from the dark side... [ATTACH] 1,3,5,6,4,2
For parts of my modern collection I am a slab person, either for verification of the coin's authenticity or just for some extra protection for the...
For the images with the background cropped out there was a great link posted over in the ancients section yesterday. I can't remember the thread,...
From another fairly new ancient collector, Welcome to the Dark Side.... Looks like a very nice coin to be starting out with.
Most of my coins have a bit of wear to them, but this one combines wear and patina in what I think is a really eye catching combo. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] A little rough around the edges of the coin but overall I am happy. I used Photoscape X to combine the pics and add the text.
Actually that looks like Rocky Racoon tried crossing the freeway...
Nice looking coin
Chinese.... 5 fen... Have one similar but from 1991.
There's a reason there weren't any '79s in there... ;) Should be fun going through them. Look up the ID information on Friendly Eagle Variety for...
Good Point... I knew I forgot something... 3, 4, 1, 2 Thanks for the reminder
Entry Post Now I just need something to post... Maybe a nice Peace Dollar will bring some luck this month... :D [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1928S, One...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] And its a REALLY tiny amount of silver... lol Vespasian Hemidrachm Caesaria at Cappadocia 76-77 CE 14mm 1.59g
You might want to put the coin in the flip properly... The mylar film should be on the inside when its folded. You're going to wind up with...
I agree completely. I visited a store just outside Cincinnati and beyond having mostly overpriced Morgans as their main stock they seemed to be...
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