Here he is
ROMA REX = Holy Roman Emperor, yes?
Thank you. I bought it at fixed price.
Look @tibor! I finally did it! A pre-1500 dated goldgulden! Take note of the date, everyone, particularly the curious medieval "4" in it which...
I didn't know singles (or, for that matter, fives) had a security strip. Interesting.
OMG, that is so me.
Amen!
Fun!
Practice and/or patience makes perfect. Sometimes it's just difficult.
Here is a Galba LIBERTAS sestertius I used to own. A bit porous, but a big, fat sestertius of a Civil War emperor for only 300 bucks sounded good...
A very handsome coin, and I like the contrasting toning. I like the coins of Galba in general.
A ball peen hammer does the job nicely. LOL j/k ;) I usually put a piece of cloth or paper towel over the coin so as not to fingerprint it....
Not NGC, that's for sure!
Oops.
Here’s a Roman As of the emperor Claudius, ca. 41-54 AD. CircCam patina! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Shown w/US cent for scale [ATTACH]
Here's the 20c piece. I look forward to seeing these coins together in my own photos. Hopefully with uniform lighting, etc., they'll match a bit...
That's as perfect a CircCam SLQ as I've ever seen. You'll be looking a long time to find one better than that. John, aka @CircCam, used to have...
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Here's the other dollar. Next, the 20-cent piece, to get the tougher stuff out of the way first, and it should be all downhill from there with...
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