Silver, then. Well, now that IS interesting, indeed!
There were a lot of fake George III "Spade" guineas struck in brass as 19th century gaming tokens, but this looks like somewhat better work than...
1. It's gold, so it's beautiful. 2. It's rare gold, so it's beautiful. 3. The design isn't awful, and commemorates a historic event, so yeah......
THIS Contest is now CLOSED. The winners were announced in the round summary at the bottom of this first post. LordM Giveaway #80 (eight...
I always liked these types as some of the few obtainable coins of Edward VIII's short reign. Nice toning on that East Africa 10c, BTW.
East Africa must have been under the homeland pounds/shillings/pence system while West Africa had decimal currency, I guess. "Cent" is a decimal...
Update: this giveaway is now CLOSED. The winner was announced here. This is Round 11 of my Giveaway #78. In 24 hours or so, there will be a...
So now we come to... ROUND 11. The prize for this round is a... Roman Provincial (Antioch on Orontes): bronze Æ22 of Antoninus Pius, ca....
Shipping update. Prizes shipped today (Friday, 12/9/22): Round 9 (1857 Flying Eagle cent) (to @enamel7) Round 10 (Roman provincial coin of...
So now it's time for the drawing for... Round 10 (the Roman provincial coin of Caesarea, 222-235 AD). Our lucky number was... 339. [ATTACH]...
Bought this Aspendos stater a few months ago. Don’t recall if I posted it or not. [ATTACH]
Sorry for the absence. Been a tad busy. I’ll come back soon to catch up, and do the Round 10 drawing.
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Could be... could be.
Nope, sorry for the confusion. This is merely an announcement thread. Entries have to be posted on the main giveaway thread because the random...
Shipping update: The following prize has been shipped today, December 7th, to @Noah Finney. Round 8 (1863 Indian cent) (@Abramthegreat won for...
Interesting! I'd say that terracotta seal is pretty compelling evidence there was some "method to the madness", and that the marks weren't random...
This is merely a twelfth of Giveaway #78 (Round #10 of 12 total). Rounds 11 and 12 will also feature ancient coins when they are posted. Thanks...
By all means! But post over in the giveaway thread, pretty please, so your entry doesn’t get missed in the drawing.
Yay!!! Thanks for the update! ‘Twas a stroke of random luck about the Coleman token, I guess. Glad it proved a hit! :woot: PS- I’d be...
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