No silver proofs minted in 85.
The moon is beautiful here this evening. I tried to capture it with my phone but utterly failed. EDIT: Scratch that...just messed around with my...
That is a cool holder. I've never seen anything like that.
Here us a good link for the meaning of those inscriptions: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Roman%20Coin%20Inscriptions
Constantine II, 322-323 AD. London Obv: CONSTANTI-NVS IVN NC, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust left, seen from the back Rev: BEAT TRA-NQLITAS,...
Looks like die polish lines to me.
That reverse toning is quite nice!
Both are beautiful. I've never seen dark silver coins like that. They look almost like bronzes.
Look up Iraqi coins... lemme know if you need more :)
Wow! What a great looking pile of coins! That would be a lot of fun to sift through.
Mintmarks were hand punched up until like 1989. That means there are any number of places the mintmark can be. Yours looks perfectly fine.
Welcome! Nice coin to start off with :)
What @TIF said. None of what you said makes any sense or is factually correct.
Huh?
Wow! That is quite the change already!
Beat ya to it ;)
That is RPM 001. Congrats :) http://coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1960&die_id=1960d1mm001&die_state=mds
My wife's "Santa" gift to me came in the mail today...I happened to see the return address and know the sender well. Seems as if I will be...
Great coins @Shrews1994. Looks like they are really trying to bring you to the dark side! The got me hooked too. It's totally ok, they are awesome...
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