Managed to image it much closer to it's natural state [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for the OCRE link. I look forward to familiarising myself with it.
It has opened a whole new world. I am sure the skills and knowledge of attributing the coinage that I learn will lessen the time taken to ID a...
Great coins, I still have so much to research and learn, it is nearly as enjoyable as holding these pieces of history in my hands.
A clash from Liberty, you have the T in the first bay also [IMG]
Thanks. Be good to see that when you receive it
As I live in Spain I thought it would be good to have a coin from ancient history. Calco. TANIT. Æ. Carthaginian occupation. II Punic War...
After 2 hours of referencing the attribution website wildwinds .com, I think I have narrowed this down to the following. Antoninus Pius AE As,...
This could get addictive
Thank you. Yes you remember correctly. An Antoninus Pius
ENTRY POST A very generous giveaway competition, thank you for the chance to win a great looking piece. My favorite coin is this 1763 Saxony...
Arrived today OBVERSE Trajan ae dupondius AD 98-117 27mm, 13.15g, Struck AD 104 IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVE GER DAC P M TRP COS V PP radiate...
If you study the VV image you will see that the doubling in the letters in IGWT is not directly above each letter, It is in a slightly different...
That is a classic example of a deteriorated die. The spreading of the peripheral devices towards the rim.
Ron can probably get a better image, but blown up further it looks like this [ATTACH]
There is no doubling only advanced die deterioration. And it wouldn't be an error if there was. You could get greater satisfaction from id'ing...
Good info for those not aware. I have been doing this for about 2 years now for images. Also, so the database page isn't too "busy", you can use...
I too wonder about intense blue. I have 30 of these 1982 Norwegian 100 Kroner in .925 Silver. 800,000 struck. They have always been kept together...
Probably due to it's low mintage 2 630 030
I don't collect them but I have 1. Never expected to come across one at a Spanish version of a yard sale so picked it up for 2 Euros [ATTACH]
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