Did someone say "dark"? [ATTACH]
In some of the trashy ones you find today on sites like Etsy, maybe, but in the 1950s and early '60s, these were made with silver coins like...
Y'all DO know you are responding to an eleven-year-old "zombie" thread, right? @Crystalmcgee13 must've dug really deep in the Coin Talk couch...
This French pattern from my "bygones" was definitely a monster. [IMG]
People's definitions of "monster" vary. Here's one I call the Jolly Green Giant. [IMG] I call this next one "Watermelon Inversion", because...
Well, I can understand the 1g gold ones better than 1g silver ones!
Thank you for that information! I did a few cursory Google searches (in English) and failed to come up with anything. Thanks for providing both...
The 1807 I sold last year had the CAC green bean. I don't know that this 1806 has ever been to CAC. At any rate, I consider it just as...
Great type. Atlas Numismatics had a lovely prooflike example a while back, as I recall, and it was one of four or five I had bookmarked for "One...
Yes, but remember, this was a privately issued token and not a coin, so they put all kinds of stuff on them... And I do mean all kinds of stuff!...
ROFL! :hilarious: 'Zact same lyric was already in my brain! :P Speaking of sharp-dressed dudes with extremely impressive beards... [MEDIA]...
I agree with you... in most cases. There is always an exception to the rule, however, and when one has an "eclectic" collection, one has to mix...
Side note #1: I regret to say that I do not know what the Arabic inscriptions on these coins would say, were they translated. Perhaps someone...
Iran (Persia): gold toman of Fath-Ali Shah, AH 1233 (1817), Yazd mint [ATTACH] Obverse: inscription in Persian calligraphy within beaded border.*...
OK, yeah, it's a somewhat funky flan, but chalk that one up to "character". My first response was, "Oh! That reverse! Wow!"
United States: silver Draped Bust half dollar, 1806, "Pointed 6, stem through claw" variety [ATTACH] Obverse: draped bust of Liberty, right....
I'm not sure about PVC, but it wouldn't surprise me if that was the verdict, either.
I agree on the colors but would have guessed natural (if rather unappealing) toning.
Likewise. It just looks like a rather blobby "S" to me, and is likely nothing unusual, unless it is some kind of VAM variety. The specialists in...
Great Britain (Chichester, Sussex): copper Conder token ("Chichester Halfpenny"), 1794 [ATTACH] Obverse: facing bust of Queen Elizabeth I with...
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