And even if you don't want to or can't spend that much, there are more appealing "budget" examples.
Gorgeous. I love toned gold. Haven't had any with really colorful toning, but I do like contrasting darker gold or orangey toning. I knew...
*jawdrop*
Wow. Nicely done. I like the heptagonal shape and the flying fish.
I don't like olive oil, except on roasted potatoes. I prefer mineral oil or Vaseline for removing surface contaminants on copper without...
I would indeed recommend holding out for better examples without so much damage. "Honest wear" is one thing- and there is nothing wrong with...
Wow! A proper Bigfoot/Sasquatch-ey Wildman, for sure! Those other details like the skull and the lantern are wonderful.
Nice Vickie half-sov. Very nice. I hereby dub that nickel "Peekaboo Jeff", for the way he's peeking out from the bottom of the flan like that.
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3,575 for this one. (*Im including only post-colonial US, non-exonumia, from my present, not past collection.) [IMG]
Thank you. I concur. French manufacture in this case, not Nuremburg.
Those are both lovely. I really like white lusterbomb Walkers like that. It looks really crisply struck, too. I want to get a 1938 or '44 with...
"Cabinet of Curiosities" also happens to be the name of an excellent podcast. :) (PS- their sister podcast "Noble Blood" is also excellent. And...
Fixed it for you. :)
Interesting. It does look as though it could have been struck through some thread or fabric, perhaps? I am not the one who you want to have...
Oh, I see it now. Neat. Initially, the only error I saw was the spelling error in the title. ;)
I don't know if that's anything the fancy serial number collectors would go for, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.
Indeed, it is a handsome note, though I know nothing about them.
Thanks. I've always liked the type, so I scooped one up this spring. :)
Back to Australia. I was going to try to post something a bit more exotic, but looked a map and didn't have a straight line of travel from Timor...
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