Nice get, I had a good buddy of mine find a us 1/10 oz. eagle at a yard sale junk box for a buck. Not bad. How can you not love a nice old crown?
My contribution to the cause. Fun stuff.
Fantastic piece.
The Monitor token cat number (1863) 240/31 has 13 stars, the (1864) 241/336 only have 12; simply a matter of die variety. I'm looking at mine...
OOPS, the 5 nummi are Justin 1 SBC 111 Antioch.
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Most Excellent, these are very hard to find in this grade. Nice get.
Congratulations, you are off to a good start. I completly understand the tremor thing. It helps steady your hand if you don't hang on tightly to...
Great Coin, glad you rescued it.
Excellent coin, glad you rescued it.
Scarcer chopped coin as it's on a 2 reales. Fun stuff.
That is a killer coin. A very good get. Thanks!
Auctions are interesting places no matter what you are bidding on. Someone wants it, and someone else wants it more. Two big finger people...
It takes time and more than a few mistakes. Such as selling too many, and keeping too few. Of course, we can't take them with us when we die....
An Islamic spindle weight for making thread. Height is 14mm, diameter 21mm. The decoration is common but the item was highly prized as a tool....
Welcome aboard, and thanks for your service. Ok, that's a bit much, but, you do deserve the adulation of the masses. There I go again, how about...
Great coin.
Great to see that. I have Balog's book The Coinage of the Ayyubids which is very handy. I am now hitting the link. Thanks for the info.
Randy, I feel your pain. I remember when I was quite young and looked into my Redbook and saw the Bar Cent. At that time it was $90 in unc....
Thanks so much Jasper, I do have Amazon Prime, and would have gladly paid for the book. After reading it, (I just ordered it free) I will...
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