It never ceases to amaze me how many things are out there and how many wrecks there are with recovered coins and artefacts. Following on from...
I wouldn't call myself a connoisseur @lordmarcovan , aficionado maybe, Junkie probably. I do have a piece of Chinese shipwreck porcelain, two ink...
Nice coin and great display @lordmarcovan. If anyone said to me 5 years ago I would have bought a holed coin I would have called them crazy! Since...
The Hollandia is a shipwreck which has a nice spread of readily available salvaged coins. Here is one I picked up last year together with the...
Criminals are usually stupid. I know a criminal forensic scientist and he once told me how a burglar had been arrested and accused of several...
Good points!
I'm posting this for some end of week light relief. I trawl through Ebay in spare moments mainly because I have a sense of humour. Over the past...
If the counterstamp is nice and even and in a oval or rectangle it could be a merchant or private bank to guarantee the quality of Silver as there...
Just for fun, I composed a list of 20 Shipwreck coins I own or are on my radar as acquisitions. There are another 20 to consider including...
I believe you hit the nail on the head @robinjojo , salinity and of course in some areas such as Europe, strong tides. These two coins came from...
Nice!!
What great coins @Pete.pete , personally I would not do that if you are not keeping them because there is a cachet in someone else "improving"...
This was one of my gifts but feel free to substitute. I always send my Avatar coin to my giftees.
This is one of the two personal gifted coins and I sent it to match your gold coin but great it goes to your sister and I hope she likes it....
I think the logic behind my comment is that if it is an ultra rare date so has numismatic value it could be faked with real gold to make a premium...
It hasn’t the value to go into a safety deposit box @lordmarcovan Reason I enclosed it is that he will be the next King and outstanding compared...
Best idea is to test it , use water displacement. Fakers don’t fake with real gold. You will know in 5 minutes. Looks good to me.
Ok this came from the collection of the US mathematician and Rhode Island representative Rodney Davies Driver (1932 -2022) from a collection...
One of the coins I sent you was owned by a prominent American and you have the flip with potentially his handwriting. I'll reveal when you reveal.
Ok @lordmarcovan I didn't know you would have a big reveal because I was happy to be anonymous as I wrote but I love it, so I can explain stuff as...
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