Pre '64? Do you mean 1764, or 1864, or 1964? I ask because generally any coins post 16-17th century are considered modern - at least in world...
Nice shades of green, Randy! Amazing how many different tones of green roman bronzes come in.
I agree. Very informative, Marshall.
Thank you for your comments, Doug. This coin came along fairly inexpensively, so if it is a fake, it is not a tremendous loss. Having said that, I...
they must have been some pretty expensive beans then... I agree, $ 400 for a ground find Eborac is too much. My ANACS VF30 (with as-made...
I am almost certain your 1798 is a Sheldon 184. Low rarity 2. Described as having small chips at "RT", and at "7". And a die scratch from "CA"...
That is exactly correct. People who love and collect large cents are a different breed, in my opinion, from people who collect other series. We...
Ok, here is another hopefully better picture: It is rather unclear, but it reads (I think) "SMLD"
Thank you very much Ardatirion. I appreciate your comments and opinion. This is a coin I picked up at a small coin show, and I was a curious...
Here is an 1804 L1C, die state C with rim cuds on both sides. Different die state than gbroke's coin.
I was going to say. Yes, gbroke's 1804 L1C is pretty, and a scarce coin too. The picture is not too clear, but it seems to be die state a or b,...
I would be interested to hear some opinions about this siliqua of Constantine III, with Roma seated on the reverse. Lugdunum mint, It does have...
Here is another early coin: Washington Small Eagle cent, dated 1791. I believe these were minted in the UK though.
Rex, searching the net it seems that many of these, primarily of Philippus I, were minted in Antiochia. Here is one I found for Philippus II...
Tres, right on! me too, found my first gold ring in quite a while just last saturday. Nothing beats the glimmer of gold peering out from the...
In my opinion, provenance does add some appeal to a particular coin, specially if the provenance if from someone like John Q. Adams. I do in fact...
The OP is not the only one to be confused by exactly what is toning, or in my case, exactly WHAT is a naturally toned coin supposed to look like?...
"Cool", or I would rather say, interesting. I just hope it is not a rare variety!
I think overall you did well to return it. Another anomaly about that coin, IMHO, is the sharpness of the word "EBORAC" compared to the...
I will add my best wishes to the list as well. Happy birthday Doug! ps- will we ever get to now (approximately) hol old Doug really is?
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