Here’s an 1899 (Bombay) British Trade dollar from a consignment lot I’ve been working on. It appears to have been cleaned but has nice sharp...
That is utter nonsense. Read what’s been posted. The oldest known European coin with a Christian date on it is believed to be the Roskilde...
LOL A revaluation that’s long overdue, considering it costs the government more than a cent to produce a cent.
This is true. There are official counterstamps (by governing authorities) in addition to unofficial, private ones (like this). I briefly worked...
@SensibleSal66 found himself one... literally! Dug one while detecting!
But not necessarily bad damage, like plain old damage damage. Give me an interesting counterstamp over a scratch or corrosion any day. As a...
Counterstamped. In May of 2012, I'm gonna guess. But why? There's the question. Interesting.
I plead 5:00 AM graveyard shift exhaustion. Everything’s an analogy to me after a certain point. ;) But your perception of a conflict of...
Yep! You’re right, by golly! But the Ns aren’t slammed together like Sal did. “Twinnings” would be some freaky thing involving the pairing of...
I've got five-plus years on you, whippersnapper. Of course I'm not yet quite the fossil that some of us are around here. ;)
Considering the original is unique (i.e., there is only one, and it belongs to the Massachusetts Historical Society), then yeah, I'd say it's...
I love showing off coins. Don't go to shows anymore and there are no clubs or anything like that in my area, so online is all I've got.
Most coin supply dealers (and Brooklyn Gallery is a prominent and respectable one) sell coin cleaning supplies. Walgreen's, a pharmacy, sells...
These British "South Sea" issues of 1723 are sort of colonial. Great Britain: silver South Sea Company sixpence of George I, 1723; double-struck...
Wood's Hibernia for seven bucks? I'd go there all day long.
I'll bet you didn't expect to see any ancients in this thread, but since the term "colonial" refers to coins struck for a colony, and the Greeks...
I wavered between 63 and 64. Gave it the benefit of the doubt and threw my dart at 64.
I got so caught up in admiring the delicate pastel toning on that 1883 that I failed to notice the CC mintmark at first look. Sweet!
Indeed! I agree.
I miss it. Never got around to trying to slab it. I don't know if it would have straight graded or not, due to the little rim hit at 2:00 on the...
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