Lovely medal. @Stork also has some nice Art Deco pieces. Maybe she'll post a few.
Man, that's a nice example, too. Were these struck from fresh flans, or overstruck on older coins like 8-reales?
Oh yes! So maybe the coin's had its share of tough times, but ol' Pupi's good to have, regardless! I love those short reigns. Nice pickup!...
Back to the reflective luster patches on that Merc dime: I would say that it's a phenomenon akin to chatoyance. Chatoyance is a term from the...
Only 100 years old? I did not realize that Norwegian coinage was so "young"!
Since the OP has posted Henry VIII, here's his daughter, Elizabeth I, on a 1575 sixpence. [IMG]
That video has been linked to before, though I don't remember which thread it was. Sure, it's numismatic sacrilege (especially if it had been...
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Nice finds. Rotated dies or not, that 1916 is way nice for a 104-year-old circulation find.
Environmental damage, but cool patina nonetheless. It's a great looking "dirt coin".
Boy, I sure love those Soho proofs, particularly the gilt ones. Your Irish avatar coin give me the tingles. I once had an 1805 Irish gilt...
That was my immediate thought as well. I cringe when I see uncrimped staples.
Acid, I suspect. (Was that @green18 YouTube clip from the psychedelic '60s a subtle riff on that? Who knows.) I combined the duplicate threads.
I still can't get over how crazy those quadrigas look in that perspective, as though the pairs of horses are playing tug-of-war against each other.
My brain did the same thing when reading the title! :hilarious: Interesting reverse design on those coins. Neat looking place, too.
I pull all pre-1960, though I know keeping those late-'50s pieces is pointless since they're really not worth more than face value in the typical...
Dang! Nice 'un for a circ find! Really nice, in fact.
Wow. Barely three months old and it already looks tired, somehow.
Interesting piece. So, a hollow shell with two halves, then? It makes me think of a "box thaler", and I suspect the word "BOX" on here might...
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