count me in :)
Had a great christmas with the family, my mother said she wanted to buy me a coin but realized she didnt know what she was doing and gave me a bit...
Yes, I know it is a copy of a guinea...to be more specific, should I say that this is not a contemporary token minted in and around 1798 but a...
[img] The only info I have found regarding this is on a fakes list...I cant find anything else about it. Is this some kind of fake? any...
I read 'I, Claudius' and wanted a coin of Claudius (like the one in my sig). I then simply started collecting because I am a history buff and like...
As for making the die...that is the hardest part. I have wanted to mint my own coins as well and the die (even with hammering, the most basic...
Then by 1817 you have the Uhlhorns knuckle press that worked on a lever priniciple the mechanism carrying the upper die consisted of 3 links known...
Then you have the Rolling Mill as mentioned by Leonardo da Vinci. The obverse and reverse designs to be impressed on the coins were engraved on to...
I scanned a bit from 'coins and minting' by denis cooper: looks to me like the coin you posted was hammered like this: [img] [img] This...
yeah, the book I have is published by Shire. Written by Denis Cooper. Its called 'Coins and Minting'
I have a book that explains almost every way ever used from ancient hammered, modern and every way used in between...cant help you with websites...
I cant see the photos in the original posts links, the photos dont show for me...:(
yeah, thats a great coin cucumbor! All of them are nice...here is the bio for Philip I have for mine on my site: Marcus Julius Philippus...
Oh man, I have always wanted a hogsmouth :)
He had the cool stubble LONG before don johnson and 'miami vice' :)
what comes around goes around, YOU sir have good karma :)
That old lady has seen some circulation :)
very nice and in great condition! here is my Phil the arab: [img] not quite as nice but I got a good deal on it and thought the portrait was...
I know its probably not the standard but I consider anything that is not ancient or middle ages modern.
I think it was a fake...that seems to be the consenus at forum.
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