And don't eat watermelon while searching :)
Holy Moly, I am from E. KY originally and after looking through junk boxes at coin shows, my hands look almost as dirty as one of my miner uncles...
Excellent pictures, need some of the entire coin though.
Welcome to CT. The reverse of the coin could also suffer from something people here call a Grease Filled Die (although it could be anything that...
WOW
A very damaged coin
Show us some...we love pictures.
Point well taken, I should have said a fantasy piece.
The one he said was a replica...it's a replica. Replicas don't have to be of a real coin.
DANG
Sorry, you're going to have to light that better.
I think it is an FDR :)
Actually @Siberian Man might have good input here.
And the seller says it is a copy
When you find one of these, make sure to post it :)
If you want to buy some random ancients at a good price with a high degree of authenticity, check @John Anthony in his auctions here on CT.
The reverse says 1 kopeck, so either Russian or some Slavic type.
Good luck
Most likely it would be better to put this in the ancients forum...right @GDJMSP
Welcome to the "Dark Side" of coin collecting. You will find that many of the more knowledgeable collectors (of which I am not one) will turn...
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