Not to bad. I was planing to spend less than $50 on each coin, only had to go over budget on 3 coins. 1915 1centavo, 1921 2peso, 1950 5peso...
It was a lot harder than I thought. I tried to avoid Ebay and got everything locally so it took a few years. Pretty happy with the set.:thumb: [IMG]
Oooo's ahhhhh's, nice coins. thanks for sharing
Sorry I haven’t replayed, but you know, family and the holidays. =) Thanks for the nice comments. I got the coin because of the bulls with a man...
[IMG] Greek, Sicily, 415-405 BC about 12mm. It was a toss up between this or a nice Nero Tetradrachm. Something called to me. It said...
I have a 1997 Zimbabwe one cent and was unaware what an un-treasure I had. sorry tree, :goofer:
WOW. It’s hard to cry over damaging a coin when the results are so beautiful. You two have some nice love tokens.
Can you post a pic of the coin it’s copied from? I was supposedly used in Hindu temples. I wonder why a Muslim token was used in Hindu...
Each country had it’s own import/export laws Say my brother buys an ancient Persian coin in Iraq for $3 and sends it to me. We just broke the...
I found it while hiking outside of a small village in the east Himalayas… j/k :mouth: It was an impulse buy. Temple token 1556-1605,...
Here’s the only one I have. [IMG]
Hmm. I turned down a few dimes, copper cents a while back, when I was making coin knives. They looked just like that. The details that still on...
Mexican type set. Been working on it for a few years now. It took me 6 months to find a 1910 1peso. Quit difficult to find some of those nice...
That’s one sharp looking coin.
Small scratches, buffing marks, uneven or unnatural toning, dark areas around details are common signs. It takes time to develop an eye for it....
I’ve seen one NGC slabbed ancient in a local jewelry store. The vast majority of ancient coins are traded raw. It may come the fact that slabbed...
After some very poor serves at ihop I tipped in French franks. So if you find one in your quarter roll, you know whom to blame.
I’ve spent way more on books this year than coins. lol Ancient Coin Collecting volumes 1-5 The Legend of Alexander the Great on Greek and Roman...
I’ve gotten over a hundred coins and notes form my brother’s travels. He’s been out of the navy for a while now but he’s still finding things....
All these came from my brother. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
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