Yep. Lamination.
Oh! I stand corrected, then. And all this time I was wondering whether the coin had been struck at the Charleston or Columbia mint.
Agrippa as with Poseidon. This was apparently struck in South Carolina, if the large mintmark on the reverse is to be believed. ;) [IMG]
There is indeed some raised metal in places, but that's because it got pushed around due to the gouges, when the coin was damaged.
Damaged. Looks like it spent some time in gravel, or something like that. Under magnification, the gouges do look kind of interesting, but...
I think they were just there as harmless pointers, but yeah, all those sharp implements on top of the coins made me cringe, too. ;)
I dunno if it's transitional or not- maybe?- but here's a pretty young-looking Vespasian. [IMG] And a posthumous rendering of him, by way of...
Wow. Impressive size, among other things. Cool portrait, too.
Wow! I love the intricacy of those designs. If I had deeper pockets, I would definitely be susceptible to “thalermania”.
Good on you, Steve.
@dano picked the USA option: Prize C - the two quarters.
I want that one too, for my resurgent holey collection! But you could say that about most of H&C’s goodies.
I'll concur with 64, if not 65. That 11-sided border looks cool with the broadstruck rim.
Guess I should’ve chosen pieces I have never photographed or discussed online to base my quiz questions around. Other But other instant...
But much tastier. Coins tend to be a tad too crunchy.
@dano must have found some past old posting somewhere that I forgot to hide. If not, that’s an eerily accurate sixth sense! :nailbiting: Fair...
Usually I’d agree with you, but you might be surprised. And you probably didn’t see the post I already removed, which brought up events five...
Oh, heavens... the peer pressure is mounting... I suppose I shall have to do something about my “Fugiolessness” eventually... *sigh*
Mildly interesting, but as @SensibleSal66 said, it's not worth enough of a premium to offset the costs of certification.
Never heard of it. My cursory Google search produced some coins in NGC slabs with that pedigree, but I didn't find much background information....
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