Keep on poppin' those Barbers, @paddyman98! Time for some Seated stuff, eh? ;)
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These can be tricky since the sea-salvaged ones can sometimes resemble the fakes. Welcome to the forums. Stick around.
Looks quite lustrous.
Birds. [IMG] [IMG]
So I have noticed. There are plenty of affordable examples, but I just haven't yet found one that had the right intersection between my taste and...
PS- I've been collecting for 44 years now (ancients for about 13), and have yet to own a single Athenian "owl" tetradrachm. So that's an...
Under normal circumstances, I would try to avoid major test cuts (though I don't mind small "banker's mark" type punches). That being said,...
I'm glad to hear it. Really.
Random marks from circulation. Not enough to call it a problem coin. Totally normal.
That is quite an impressive example! I had one of these (decent, but not as nice as yours above) - but it was stolen. I've kind of been on the...
True!
I'll try to do the drawing after midnight tonight. This leaves a few hours for anyone who hasn't already posted to squeeze in a last-minute entry.
That Bolivian was nice and cheap. Under 40 bucks, as I recall. Already in the plastic. The slab fees alone would've cost more than that, if I...
I affectionately call that one the "Jolly Green Giant".
Brilliant! Kudos to you for laying the foundation.
The latter is neat! Hadn't seen that Neptune design before.
The reprocessing must've affected the weight. It added an extra layer of metal, after all. Though it is numismatic sacrilege to say this, I...
Amazing! Fantastic find! Though it isn't worth a ton of money, who cares? Finding a problem-free 127-year-old coin in circulation is a very...
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