As mentioned, it's a so-called "magician's coin". Someone (outside the mint) machined out the reverse of a pound coin and mounted the penny into...
I like the expanded description, but I personally would have put those stickers on the outside of a clear 3" x 4" poly bag with the coin inside,...
Does look like a baking soda cleaning.
I'd contact the seller, but would give them the benefit of the doubt and not be too hard on them. I don't think there was any deliberate...
I think that depends on whom you ask. Many (maybe even most) diehard traditionalist Ancients collectors would tell you no, and some might even go...
I've done OK with MA-shops, but do try to avoid anything that looks harshly cleaned. This one was cleaned to death, and it shows even in the...
Ditto. @Inspector43 is a master of understatement. :) That cob with the Port Royal provenance is very interesting! I don't recall having seen...
Indeed it should, if they had followed tradition. [MEDIA] (*Different CAROLVS REX, but you get the idea.) ;)
I like how the first one has the "HEATON BIRM'M" mintmark spelled out, instead of just an "H" mintmark like one sees on some of the British and...
Could there be an MS63-64 coin hiding under the scuz? Dunno. Hard for me to say.
Dunno if that's PVC or not. I hope not. I'm inclined to think it's just natural scuz. What's the current PCGS grade? [Edit- oh, sorry- I...
Agreed.
I don't have any Merovingian gold, of course. That's the sort of stuff I dreamed about when I was detecting over in the UK, though I suppose this...
That was my first gorgon. ‘Twas a recent gift from @kazuma78. it’s a tiny little thing. The attribution is:
With big pricetags to match! I’ve never seen one, even at a show.
The 1495 Frankfurt goldgulden is graded and on the way back. Pleasant surprise! AU58! I was expecting XF40-45, and just crossing my fingers...
6+ paragraphs in my last post. Yeesh. Sorry, I’ve always been longwinded. I’ve tried to scale that back some, but… :rolleyes:
Ha! Don’t I wish! Thank you, good sir! So there you go, folks. @Paddy54 is gonna sweeten the prize pot for whomever wins! :)
Do you mean that slightly textile-like appearance? I assumed that was pixelation of the image, since I thought we’re seeing a photograph of the...
No, thanks for the detailed breakdown. Upon further examination, at least of these pics, I concur with the VF30-35 assessment. I will say that...
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