Here is one of those "why the heck did I buy this" coins. It is a 2013 Cook Islands $5 SS Republic silver Coin with authentic ship’s coal fragment...
This is one of the best Douro coins I have seen to date. What a great coin!
I actually go out of my way to bid on details coins at auction because so many people are more obsessed with possessing a grade and lump of...
Thank you @Jersey magic man , I had absolutely no idea. This appears to be a complex subject and beyond what I ever will encounter ( apart from US...
Can someone explain this to me please? No rush just idle curiosity.
That's a great looking coin @calcol and the nine pence is the rarest Newark siege coin compared to the Shilling and Halfcrown. A siege coin is on...
Thank you @The Eidolon , that is an interesting coin. The French infantry outgunned the Germans with their Chassepot rifles good to 1200 metres...
That is true but the good stuff normally has special packaging and COA's like this one of mine which has a serial number.[ATTACH] You would have...
Very cool. Clearly she weighed 122 pounds and she was walking at 5 miles an hour on a weekend. Where is Holmes when you need him? :yawn:
Shipwreck Effect?
If there is no numismatic guarantee, forgive me if I'm wrong but all you would need is a scales and decent XRF scanner to say Yup that's Gold or...
You are welcome. I concur with your views As a very rare coin it attract high profile attention from auctioneers and bidders so it would have to...
Welcome to CT @dtaso1516. Firstly, I must admit I know nothing about the design and history of these coins and in fact couldn't identify the...
You have my complete sympathy having done it once too often myself. I don't even know what I did and it would have been something to do with a...
That's an exceptionally nice one @H8_modern . I started a side collection of these and have a set but there are a lot of variants and stories....
[ATTACH] Metal from recovered from WWII sunken ship. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Metal from Guns.
Here's a big lump of metal for Metal Monday. [ATTACH] George III (1760-1820) - Crown 1819, LX edge - Mint: London - Obverse: Laureate head right -...
Here is another Owl. [ATTACH] HELMETED ATHENA FACING RIGHT OWL STANDING RIGHT WITH OLIVE SPRIG IN INCUSE SQUARE Sear 2526 17.5 g Ex Dix Noonan...
I think I've shown this one with the Owl with rigor mortis as it should be standing upright. It is an odd one and that's a fact.
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