No, I've often had the same meandering thoughts. But think about how much else in the 21st century would blow their minds, had you gone back to...
I'm in suspense. I wouldn't be surprised to see MS (if only details, perhaps). I'll stick with my earlier AU55 assessment, however, in the...
And I am sure that practice has served you well over time. When it's my money on the table, I try to be the same way.
While I'd have put the numerical details grade higher, I can agree with most of that. Solid coin for XF price, indeed. But maybe not something...
Yes, and that's something to look for on an unmolested upper-AU coin. If it doesn't have trace luster, it might have been cleaned.
I think that assessment was a tad on the strict side, but opinions always vary on grading topics like this. I would put your coin at AU55-58,...
By way of comparison, I paid $16.00 for this one, which I would also call AU. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The color looks a bit off (old cleaning, I'd say), but I'd also say it's worth the money you paid. I'd call that strong AU details, personally....
I can’t remember if the baobabs I saw were in South Africa or Tanzania. They were huge trees- tall and fat- and much more impressive than the...
I see a griffon head or a chicken, every other time I look at it. LOL
What's better than a sestertius? A free sestertius! Bravo, @Cucumbor! My first sestertius, when I began collecting Romans in 2007, was either...
I've had a minor denomination or two with that design, as I recall, but no full thaler.
Looks like an inkblot to me. I can't figure out what I'm seeing. ;) This exact thought crossed my mind as well (note I mentioned in my...
This. Yes.
You have nice taste. That one is in my personal collection, not the For Sale/giveaway inventory. ;) Got it on eBay, though, in original...
I concur. This pretty much echoes my (admittedly uninformed) thought process on the matter. If it's a contemporary counterfeit from the 1700s,...
I reckon it isn't horrible if it could be had for 25 bucks or less. Personally, I'd probably look harder for a different coin in that price...
Belgium (Liège): silver 2-escalin of Johann Theodor of Bavaria, 1753 (contemporary counterfeit?) [ATTACH] KM-161, silver. Numista-33459....
I got it for just a few bucks (essentially melt), since it and some other slick Spanish silver (and a decent piece or two!) were all in a small...
Actually, that IS an eligible prize option in my giveaway. I should be doing the drawing for Giveaway #53 on 3/21/21. If it goes unchosen by...
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