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That's a sound rationale, I think. Portrait is still probably the #1 consideration for me in choosing a Roman coin.
Flan irregularities go with the territory sometimes.
LOL. Aha! I initially had the same knee-jerk reaction to the description as @masterswimmer did.
Very nice, @Gam3rBlake! My Vespasian is posthumous, struck by Titus circa 80-81 AD. One of my favorite ancients. I'm a Capricorn, so you know I...
Those little Guatemalans are fun, and you’ve got some nice toning on that 1889. At the time I owned it, this 1898 was tied with one other MS66...
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Nice design. I thought the hologram was a snowflake at first glance, before reading the label and seeing the embroidery work in progress on the...
I like how it’s got nice orangey color with lighter, lustrous highlights around the peripheries. There’s just the tiniest hint of sea-green...
Got some better pix, now she’s in hand. Still not pro quality, but passable, considering I shot them myself, through the plastic, with my phone....
Yeah, I imagine it’s UNC, though how one grades these, I haven’t a clue. I have seen one or two in PCGS slabs. Might scoop up a fancier one...
Nice pickup! The coin I offered in our private conversation came from @John Anthony, too, so you went straight to the source.
There’s a link to that at the top. ;)
I’ve got one that’ll eventually go into my little vestpocket store (meaning it will also be an eligible prize option to whomever wins the monthly...
Dang, I’d forgotten all about that thing!
Yep. The Balancing Rocks, I think.
Wow. I didn’t read the whole Wiki article.
Well, I happen to know that the coin in the banner image is one of the prizes, so there’s a tiny bit of a hint, anyway. ;)
That’s the same type as the one I offered him, and at the exchange rate, about five bucks cheaper than what I was asking on mine, not counting...
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