England: silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, 1575, Tower mint, eglantine mintmark [ATTACH] Obverse: Crowned bust left; Tudor rose to right. Reverse:...
Exactly. Which is what made me say earlier.
XF details, cleaned. Or straight VF35. Can't make up my mind. The coin obviously has had an old cleaning, though whether or not NGC deemed that...
No worries. I knew y'all didn't know any better. Just had to do my job there, is all.
Lithuania: silver half-grosz of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, 1550; Vilnius mint [ATTACH] Obverse: * MONETA * MAGNI * DUCAT ' LITVA, knight on...
@Marites Foertsch & @Wizank - ya'll are welcome to exchange private info like email addresses, and to discuss private deals or the possibility...
Oh- @Cheech9712 - were you asking if I had found any Civil War relics in Fernandina? Not many, though Fort Clinch was nearby. One military relic...
It looks like it got hit from both directions with whatever it was. Both sides appear to have entry wounds and almost-exit wounds that did not...
LOL. I'm pretty much there myself. Can't kneel anymore. Have to bend at the waist. My metal detecting career is all but over.
That one that pinged right through the rim and bulged out the edge between the TA in STATES is particularly strange. A tiny jeweler's drill bit,...
Yes. That was noted in my description. What else can you tell us about the Hanseatic League or Wendish Coinage Union that those Wikipedia links...
It could be a censer, attached to some kind of ribbon, I suppose. On the other example I used to own, the "handle" of the "rake" is not as...
It looks like a pleasing, original example to me, and I reckon I'd call it XF40.
I will say that it is is semi-interesting damage. I'm not sure what caused it, or why. And we will likely never know.
Penny, not "pennie", and yes, just big time damage. Looks like Lincoln got shot at more than once, but most of 'em missed.
All perfectly straight on the rolls. All with headlines, not obscure fine print. Yeesh. [IMG]
Wow.
The little "O" rings are annulets. They're often seen in the legends of medieval coins. I'm not sure what that "8"-looking device is. Oh- wait-...
France (Metz, Free Imperial City): silver gros, civic issue, ca. 1406-1588 [IMG] Obverse: Cross with stars in angles. Reverse: Saint Stephen,...
I recognize the second and third coins as Armenian, but I don't recognize the first, cow-head one at the top. That is very cool looking. They...
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