Here is one I have been working on for a few days. Our great grandchild number 23 was born while I was working on it. For other reasons, his...
Nice set @1stSgt22, I have a complete set, but they are also from change I got as a youngster. None near as nice as yours.
I still pick up change today as I did 70+ years ago.
Thanks Victor. I will make an edit.
I always liked seeing the @paddyman98 FOG of the day post.
I just finished this. CONSTANTINOPOLIS, 337-340 AD. Æ 3 of Siscia. CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Helmeted bust of Constantinopolis left, holding sceptre...
That's the kind of junk I get from my bank. I don't get penny rolls from them anymore. Wash your hands.
Yes, finding nice examples of any US Coin is more difficult than finding what look like errors.
@JeffC Hobble is to tie the front two legs of a horse or other animal together. Usually a training tool. So the die crack must represent the hobble.
Nice day @paddyman98. Looks like contributory spoiling.
I like this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
ENTRY POST I am very proud and attached to this Twenty Cent piece that I got in change back in the early 50's. An old farmer with a push cart sold...
@Indianhead65 This is hard to believe, but, in the mid 50's the bank would let me sit in the vault and roll coins for the tellers. Like you seem...
Congrats CN
Would love to see some photos. All my ancients are ones that I have cleaned myself. It is a fun hobby.
My oldest Divus Augustus AE As. Struck 34-37 AD by Tiberius. DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left / S-C, winged thunderbolt. RIC 83 (Tiberius);...
Congratulations. I have 14 grandkids and 22 great grandkids. There was a time when I purchased 20 mint sets a year, one for each. Then I needed...
Fantastic!!! Congratulations!
For what it is worth here is my 85 CC. [ATTACH]
Nice work a very fun set. I have all in the first book and all but the 3 impossible coins in the second. Mine are mostly working grade and I don't...
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