Ok, maybe it's not what you (and we all!) were hoping for, but as you say it is still a nice catch. I think with old copper you can still make a...
Lovely coin, Andrew! I do not have any Minerva types in my collection, but If and when I look for one I want it to have the appeal of yours. Well...
Thanks all for your opinions. This is a coin I am tempted to put in a short acetone bath.
For U.S Coin: This! plus Large Cents, preferably 94's. NSP, did you notice an 1824/2 JR-2 CBD just sold on the bay. Very low grade but also a...
As much as I love large cents, for me it would be a PO1.
I don't have much experience with copper after the 1820's, but I am pretty familiar with how early coppers up to that date should look like. This...
The color in the pictures is reasonably close to the coin in-hand. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hats of to Marshall. Attributing this was beyond me. At last I was able to guess it could be a 1797... Hoping for you it is a plain edge!
I agree, a beautiful and interesting type! A nice, well defined portrait, and small cross pattée with annulet on fourth quarter?
Thank you very much, aide! And thank you for posting your example as well. As you say, the overall preservation is quite good, specially the...
A very realistic portrait!
Thank you very much, Nap for your comment and for your reading of the reverse legend. I confess I have a really hard time trying to figure it...
Thank you, lordmarcovan!
I first posted this coin here back in 2008. As we now have many new members who are quite knowledgeable with early British coinage, I would like...
Here is a Domitian I like a lot - finely styled and well detailed: Domitianus - As: Ludi Saeculares [ATTACH] These are my favorite two Trajan...
Thank you Q, I feel a whole lot better now:)
I was looking at my photo library this morning and decided that it would be impossible for me to select just one favorite portrait. Instead, I...
Alright, I've been squinting at the image on my laptop for about 8 minutes, and the only thing i can tell for sure is that it is a Draped Bust....
It has a certain charm, nonetheless:). Just think of where it has been.....
This is the only Lincoln cent I own. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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