That is in a truly remarkable state of preservation for a detector find. I mean, I realize most of the ancient coins that have come down to us...
I knew nothing of this period before I bought this coin from @AncientJoe. @kazuma78 owns it now. It was one of my favorites during its tenure in...
Overpriced. There are some decent coins there, but the prices are ridiculous on a few, and high on the others. Maybe all are ridiculously...
Sicily (Norman Kings): gold tari of Guglielmo I ("William the Bad"), ca. 1154-1166 [IMG] Obverse: Kufic legend in two margins around pellet in...
Would that be “river patina”? I love the look, whatever one calls it.
Indeed, though in this particular case, the cost of the coin to me was zero, so I thought, "why not?" PS- I also wanted nice professional-quality...
Love all three of those. Good, better, best, is how they looked to me as I scrolled down.
[ATTACH] Y'all are too much, sometimes. (*I mean that in a good way.) ;) Nahhh, keep it comin'. My brain hasn't quite burst. Yet. :nailbiting: .
Hmm. Suddenly I find myself wanting one of those lup- lupa- eh- um- she-wolf sculptures now! :) Now that I actually have a desk, for the first...
@Valentinian - you come highly recommended, it seems. :)
Question 1. Would I be correct to assume that “billon reduced centenionalis” might be a more precise description of the denomination than NGC’s...
And thank you, sir, for that detailed reply, which I will do my best to digest before I retool the original post into my writeup.
I shall. Thank you.
@paddyman98 beat me to it. US coins use what is called coin orientation, while Canadian and other World coins often use what is called medallic...
I like Roma's cheerful smile on the obverse. I presume that's Roma, right? I mean, who else would it be?
"Neon Lights", huh? This came from the "Color of Money" collection on the PCGS Registry. Not my usual thing, but I figured I needed to have it,...
Well, why didn't you say that? That's interesting news. Like the last two respondents said, perhaps the next step is third-party certification....
Nobody is suggesting you were the one who plated the coin. Merely that it was done at some time or another. And nobody is ridiculing you so far....
Mercury is a silver colored metal that has the consistency of a liquid. It is also quite poisonous. And that's all I can tell you about that,...
I had that thought as well, though I never did it myself.
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