Yeah, I thought that was a pretty apt metaphor, too.
For my collection, I wanted a dated coin of Elizabeth I, and most shillings seem to be undated, so I went with a sixpence. England: 1575 silver...
I don't know if it is indeed a cast fake or just a heavily corroded original, but either way, I'd steer clear of that one.
I would refer to that as nice toning.
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Wednesday, January 28th. It is now time for our final cent type in the Virtual 7070 album. I am speaking of...
Ooh! @robec's colorful MS66 is awesome! :wideyed: LOL @ @H8_modern's SGS "MS70". :hilarious:
Yes, I thought of those Kaiser Bill "Chickenhead" designs but didn't have any examples to post.
I like Axumite stuff (despite knowing very little about it), but last I checked, NGC would not certify them. The gold is lovely but I also like...
I'm partial to the Cat and Mouse one. :) Wish you had animated GIFs to show some of these in action!
That was suggested on Collectors Universe. Haha. I thought about it, but think I'll just do a crackout and save the slab label, like I would if...
Oh yes! Magnificent! Better than 30 Morgan dollars any day!
I agree. Best buy for the buck. MS67 doesn't look that much different. And MS68? Like I said earlier, fuhgeddaboutit!
Yeah, NNC has zero reputation, but if you're getting low-mintage silver coins near the bullion price, with interesting designs, then who cares?...
I was trying to remember who I gave those to! :)
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Tuesday the 27th. It is now time for our next type, which is the Lincoln Cent Steel (1943). Here is an MS66 from...
Found this hoard of (23) Red BU and (3) Proof Wheaties in Littleton pouches in my desk drawer. A very nice lot I’d forgotten about. (No, I did...
Man, that purple monster looks especially great in your ShimmerVision™ images!
In a Numisbids search, I just accidentally stumbled across this 1870 Mexican peso from the 1871 S.S. Crescent City wreck off Galley Head Kinsale...
Or on a Victorian charm bracelet.
I might as well share one of my best roll-searching cherrypicks of all time, from back in 2006. Technically I found this in a bulk Wheat cent bag...
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