I come across them every once in awhile during my searches. I have no clue what kind of acid will do it but there have been numerous posts about...
Your coin spent some time in something acidic. It is not an error.
Linear plating bubble. Not worth anything over face value.
I am happy that I bought the bulk of my hoard when silver was like $14/oz and gold was $1200/oz. A bit bummed that I can't add more since I am in...
And you're better for it. Unless you feel the need to rid yourself of those nasty ole' ancients....you know my address ;) lol
Looks like a crescent to me. Def not a gamma.
I can't find a picture of the single jital in our collection right now, but here is a Russian wire kopek from Ivan the Terrible that I bought from...
I think the size is good. I would then add the obverse and reverse into the same picture. Image quality isn't too bad for a scan. I'd prefer...
Welcome to the dark side. The addiction is real. :)
Your coin was previously encased in something like one of those "lucky penny" things. Your coin is just damaged. [IMG]
No worries :) @dougsmit has a pretty good page on jitals: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/bh.html
Look up Afghan jital. FYi, your first picture is oriented upside down.
Yup. Pretty nice looking lam.
I'm no expert but I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole.
That is a normal 1998D cent. The variety you are looking for is 1998P Wide AM. I'm not sure what all the blue lines you are marking it up with...
And we are barely halfway through... I'm ready to get off this ride.
I sure wish I could find a place to off-load all my searched coin.
I knew there were coins with Caracalla and Julia Domna and her with both boys. Were there any with just Geta and Julia Domna? Just curious. I am...
Oh, what might have been had Commodus' brother survived and not Commodus...
Is that you as a little kid?? ;)
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