Catbert, i don't know how i missed this thread! Beautiful coins (and beautiful photos). My dream coin? the Continental Dollar for sure. I...
Thank you for the grade opinions guys. This coin came from J. Kern back in 1986. I still have his old ticket in which he described it as 'pleasing...
Wow, that sounds pretty terminal! may he rest in peace....
Thank you all for your comments. I was looking at Heritage, and they have this 1862 Dollar coming up for auction:...
Phoenix, that is a well modelled, expressive portrait of Nerva. Nice coin.
This is a coin i posted before, BUT these new pictures are far better i think. I find copper in general very difficult to photograph, specially...
Thank you VERY much BQcoins and Jlloring for your comments, specially for that link and comparative pictures you guys posted. I have already...
Thank you 900fine! those are very interest comments on silver coinage during the years of the civil war. Here are some more pics of the...
Incredible! what an exciting find. Thank you for pointing this out. Seems to happen often in Britain. Or maybe, it just gets reported more in...
By the way, i mentioned that i was keen to collect civil-war era coins due to the historic association. However, i remember reading later that...
You guys are right: salt water will not corrode a noble metal like gold. I have a Santiago mint 1750 'Pelucona' (8 escudos coin) salvaged from...
Well, from what one can read the coin appers to bear the NR mintmark, with assayer JJ. So it appears to be a doubloon from Nuevo Reino (NR),...
Well, at least nobody can say you don't speak your mind. Counterfeit? please explain to me why you think so.
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