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Here is one that is well preserved from 1917 [ATTACH]
Perhaps "the edges" (fields around the perimeter) are protected by the lettering when the coins are both handled & cleaned.
I agree that these are great artifacts. Just collecting coins and books requires all my storage and display space. I'd need to somehow create...
Thank you muchly!
Thank you. It is big & chunky and I think the shield side looks quite nice like aVF. I'm hoping you guys might suggest how to more precisely date...
It is 11 days since this thread was started & I got one. It has been on my want list for a while now. This one was offered for a good price at the...
Nice coin & a very nice story. All they needed to do was take the old circulating coin & strike it with a new design and it was worth twice as...
I too will refer to them as the hitchhikers. I can imagine them hitching to a festival in A.D. 250.
I overheard one dealer describing ancientnoob's coin. He said that it is an example of the "independent times that coins were invented" in...
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus A.D. 249-251 4.14 gms, 23 mm Obv: Rad. Bust of Trajan facing right. IMP.C.M.Q.TRAIANVS DECIVS...
ATTICA, Athens. AR Obol, 460-455 B.C. 0.65 grams, 8.0 to 9.6 mm Obv: Head of Athena right Rev: Owl standing right with head facing AΘE to right...
I thought so too. ATTICA, Athens, AR Tetradrachm. (Owl) 449-413 B.C. 17.1 grams, 23-25 mm Obv: Helmeted head of Athena facing rt in...
Thank you for the coin complement. I do plan to crack it out of the slab and keep it displayed with my small & intimate Greek coin collection....
I collect rocks from various places I've visited (and from a few places I've never been). This weekend, I gave a fellow CoinTalk member a piece...
Thank you for the coin-complement. The term "waffle elephant" is a good one. In my mind's-eye I was calling it a "plaid elephant" until I got...
FWIW, the photo with the black background was taken with fluorescent lighting. The white/grey background was taken with Sun light. The pink...
I took photos of this coin with a few different liht sources and backgrounds. What good is a photo if you don't post it. Here you...
Septimius Severus AR Denarius A.D. 193-211 4.01 gms, 20.2 mm Obv: Laurerate bust of Severus right. SEPTSEVPERT AVGIMP VIIII. Rev: Elephant...
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