I left an explanatory note for @Valentinian with the edit. I’m confident he’ll be fine with it.
"Almost proof" isn't a thing, since proof coins are a whole different creature altogether. An entirely different method of manufacture. These...
@coin_nut lives in Thailand, and may or may not know.
Try it now.
You would have to find where the bad link is and use the “report” flag in that post. Also, while I don’t think we’d require the permission of the...
Fun for us, in retrospect, I suppose. I’m not so sure it would have been all that fun to live in early modern Scotland. Or medieval or early...
I think this is best. Out with the old, in with the new. Then you can know for sure. I prefer Meghgrig brand archival quality flips, but...
Sounds too much like that subject I flunked in high school, I always say. :p
Me too, and not just as regards PVC. I throw out scuffy old flips or other people’s scrawly 2x2 holders regardless, and put stuff in fresh new flips.
I think you’re probably right. So a vise job, then, or something similar.
Go ahead. Make me jealous, and all the more conscious of the fact that I still do not have my first Scottish coin, despite my Scots-Irish...
Yow!!! :greedy:
I would, however, suggest cropping the photos down. There. That's better. :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It looks Greco-Roman to me? Part of some little figurine, perhaps? Or a seal of some kind? I don't know, obviously, but it's really neat, and...
This is the quick n' easy answer.
It could be a die clash, as @hotwheelsearl suggested, but I'm not so sure. Alternately, it could also be a "vise job" (a coin that was somehow...
I like it. Don't know anything about relative rarity here, but the coin has a wholesome look with nice surfaces, honest wear, and a good portrait.
Love those. I looked that shipwreck up when I first saw that clump you had. Very cool.
This little flame war here is over as of right now, folks. Any further squabbling or name calling or flagged posts, and this thread is gone. And...
Somehow the pictures got posted in one thread, and then a duplicate thread was posted two minutes later, with no pictures. Merged the two threads.
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