Cool. A Buffalo ender. Wow! That doesn't happen too often. A Type 1 in there, too. Neato, even if it was dateless. Nice shiny proof and a...
Ouch. Cool coin, but definitely ouch.
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(Play from the borders of the modern country of North Macedonia.) Greece (Macedon): ca. 336-323 BC silver drachm of Alexander the Great, lifetime...
Thanks for the update. A card, too. Classy.
I used mod powers to extend the editing privileges on that post, so you should be able to edit it tomorrow.
Weirdly, your images aren’t showing for me, though I see them in the quote when quoting your post. Might be my connection?
If I don’t get sidetracked or overwhelmed at work, I’ll try to do the drawing tonight (in the wee hours of Saturday morning, January 3rd, Eastern...
If you sail just right in a W-NW-ish direction across the Mediterranean from Alexandria in Egypt, there’s a straight line to… Sicily. Greece...
Cyprus Crusader States (Cyprus): ca. 1324-1359 silver gros of Hugo IV [IMG]
Boy, they sure got longwinded on that medal in the OP, didn’t they? Reminds me of some of those 17th century German thalers with the “wall of...
Medals with ships seem to be having a moment! :)
@Sulla80 - I actually took the time to read the article this time. Excellent! Interesting. I was unaware of that ultimate irony.
I voted for Octavian in the poll, since I do have one of his coins (as Augustus), and do not yet have any Antony/Cleopatra ones (which is...
Now across the Aegean to Greece. Greece (Attica): ca. 440-404 BC silver "Owl" tetradrachm of Athens [IMG]
Yes, "wow" kind of falls short sometimes. I just let my cat Bean say it for me, when something is really special. :cat: [IMG]
Let's hop on over to Switzerland next. Swiss Cantons (Zürich): 1739 silver "city view" 1/2-thaler (1 gulden of 36 schillings) [IMG]
I reckon the "must be a straight line" rule does not count the earth's curvature, but rather refers to a straight line on a flat, two-dimensional map.
My last acquisition of 2025. Germany (Weimar Republic): specimen gold medal memorializing the schooner "Niobe" shipwreck, 1932 [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
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