Here is one which I have had since the 1960's when I bought it from a California coin dealer's foreign coin box: [IMG] Thanks to this thread...
[IMG] I bought this from a US coin dealer's foreign coin bin in the mid 1960's. It appears to be made of lead or something similar and was at...
Several weeks ago there were news stories about Los Angeles street bums selling counterfeit and fake old US coins. None were prosecuted by the...
I collect 1948 coins because I was born in 1948. Also 1848, 1748 (Pillar Dollar)... :)
[IMG] Septimius Severus Denarius SEVERVS AVG PART MAX Laureate head right PM TRP VIII COS II PP (Struck AD 200 from the TRP VIII) Victory...
Hope it won't "tone" in 30 years! :)
The coin looks OK to me. I am not seeing the "casting ring". My scanner, a 2001 HP ScanJet 3400C, frequently creates reflections off the...
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How do you know they are from China? Couldn't Indians have the technology to produce fakes? :)
I have the ever-popular MARS VLTOR coin: My Severus Alexander Mars
I'm also looking for a DVD of the film "Greed", the 1924 version of "McTeague". I have seen a videotape of the film and in it one of the...
"AE2" is a Roman bronze/copper coin size in mm (millimeters). No one is sure exactly what the Roman denominations were. Here is one set of...
I think it's Valentinian I, possibly RIC number 15 RIC = Roman Imperial Coins, a well-known coin catalog Try here:...
There is an urban legend that platinum is poisonous, like mercury or lead are.
$9 shipping via Parcel Post? :)
My Philip coin :)
"the raven (at the top of the totem pole) is a symbol that represents death" Edgar Allan Poe?
Number 1: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG SALVS ANTONINI AVG It looks like this one at: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/elagabalus/t.html Number...
Numbers 1 and 2 looks like a denarius of Elagabalus (Antoninus Pius) 218-222 AD. He was an interesting guy. Liked to dress up as a girl....
Looks like this Polish Joke is on all of us! :)
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