Seems I'm the only one participating on this thread anymore, and I guess it didn't help that I was absent for a few days. Let me play catchup....
I had a 1750 4-daler piece from the Nicobar wreck (with paperwork), once upon a time.
And a cross on a more modern piece. [IMG] Switch the theme to ships again. I know it's been done before, but I like that theme. .
Crosses, large and small. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Got my goodies, too. Thanks, everyone.
No grades yet on my January submission made at the FUN show, but I just got the NGC images for the ex-J.Q. Adams denarius and the Hadrian denarius...
Bummer. But not a big surprise to me.
Not too often that they come outta the ground with luster!
Detector find. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
That 1803 is certainly not better than the 1827 that the 1827 in the OP, in terms of surface preservation. The 1847 is indeed sharp in terms of...
I found some esoteric local tokens back in my detecting days. Of course if you were to look up Brunswick, Georgia on Token Catalog, most of the...
For less than 30 bucks, I think you did OK. As to @SensibleSal66 's nicer ones from "out of the ground", I'd like to see those. I have seen...
That's what it looks like to me. Nice find with the steelie. I have found two over the years, but both were so rusty and nasty it was kind of...
Good morning. It is Saturday, March 28th. Today our type is the Liberty Head Double Eagle (1850-1907). Here's mine. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Yep. And in this case, I choose the latter.
I’ve never really understood the “lowball” phenomenon, myself. At least not the slabbing part. I mean, if you want to collect “the worst...
Funny how they call it "The Spirit of '76", when it's the "76" that's missing!
Looks like a possible PO01 candidate to me?
I think it's pretty neat.
Neat to see Native American tribes issuing coins. (Well, silver rounds.) Talk about high relief! Those won't be very "stackable"! I can see...
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