V8 juice is some good stuff. I couldn’t care less about regular tomato juice, but I’ve loved V8 since I was a kid. I used to love V8 engines,...
Italy Roman Empire: ca. 80 AD gold aureus of Titus, struck for the opening of the Colosseum [IMG]
Cool! Yep, that's an example of what I was talking about. Neat that that one actually names what collection it came out of.
I wish I had pics of my old Red UNC example. It must have come out of a really old-school collection, because it had one of those tiny India ink...
Wow, I didn't know they were so elite. I've never had that sort of quantity, and have never been a die variety guy, but I once had an R-8...
Germany German States (Frankfurt): 1495 goldgulden of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor [IMG]
They're great fun to dig, no matter the condition. In my detecting days, I found three half-reales, one 1-real (made into a love token), and a...
Might as well revisit that memory, starting here. :) [IMG] [IMG] Mine: [IMG] Mine: [IMG] Your 1-1/2-pound Brontosaurus steak! [IMG]
Lithuania. Lithuania: 1550 silver half-grosz of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, Vilnius mint [IMG]
Nice!
@Randy Abercrombie - I reckon it's about time we start discussing our FUN 2026 plans. Text me sometime.
You guys have all the right nerd gear! I'd be jealous, but I reckon I've got the "coin nerd gear" thing covered with my hat. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I can see why the machine rejected that!
The KGB put it into circulation here. ;)
^ Hey! I was about to post my coin, and you beat me to it! :p Happy to have something to contribute. :) Mexico (Spanish Colonial): 1736-Mo-MF...
Nice conservation job. At the rate you find stuff, you're going to dig an aureus one of these days...
Groovy. I wonder if @dwhiz has one of those medals with the Union Pacific choo-choos on 'em. I like the one with the flying boat that @alurid...
Nice. I had a Red UNC, once (alas, no pictures of it anymore). They're not horribly expensive.
Yep. Stick around, and keep asking. You can't learn if you don't ask, and this is a good place to learn stuff.
Not being a paper currency collector, I had to Google "Flipper Serial Number".
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