If reposts were a crime, I'd have been banished and chained to a galley oar long ago! Ay, Chihuahua. Be still my beating heart.
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Nice- which one did you get?
That painting absolutely hypnotizes me. If I were a kazillionaire, I would collect Old Master paintings as well as gold aureii. [IMG]
Sounds like fun.
That's some impressive work. Do you sell them at Renaissance fairs and such? You probably could.
Same seller I bought mine from has a nearly identical example for the same price, as of this post. Which worked out to just a smidgen below a...
I did my first detecting in Old Town Fernandina!
Welcome out of lurker life and into the sunshine. Are the coins in your avatar your own handiwork?
Yes, a 9 for me as well. The inscription is CIVITAS MAGNOP[OL], I believe.
German States (Mecklenburg-Wismar): silver witten, struck after the Wendish Coinage Union of 1379 [ATTACH] Obverse: Crowned bull's head facing,...
Oh, and those little vignette portraits! Wonderful.
Now that's interesting. I knew the dies on the 1968 cents were old, but did not know they were that old! And the contrast between the portrait...
I voted 8 myself.
I agree, and went 10 as well this time. Not just because of ownership bias, but because I think coins with known provenance, especially pieces...
England: silver groat of Henry VI, ca. 1422-1461, from the Reigate Hoard found in Surrey [ATTACH] Obverse: Crowned facing bust within polylobate...
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@Thanos Father, I used my magical moderator powers to correct your title, as this is a 1943-S Wartime nickel, not a 1947.
Interesting. I knew the word "fissure" as a general term, but did not realize it was categorized as a numismatic error type.
France (Metz): silver gros, civic issue portraying Saint Stephen kneeling beneath the hand of God, ca. 1400s-1500s [IMG]
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